New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-12
GENERAL NOTES.

A Russian nObleman who has taken degrees
at Heidelberg and ST. Petersburg, and who Is entirely
conversan With the English, German French, Polish
Italian Latin, and Greek languages in addition TO his
native tongue and speaks them huenty, adNerSeS III
Hartford Comm journal for "A situation as cOachlnan
AT last accounts he had not been employed probably on
account of the difficulty OF finding horses processing the
same linguistic requirements as himself
Here is another one of those heroes who are
so common that they attract little attention John
Olvany of Michigan City, Ind was sailing on the lake
with three friends when the boat was capsized by nav
OF wind and as the little craft could bear mp only three
persons Olvany saying that he had no family and they
had, babe them goOd-by. released ms hod, ana was
drowned. Sir Philip sydney never did ans thLg nan 80
noble as that and yet who will remember the name OF
John Olyany to-mOrrOWf
Cbeap variety shows do not seem to thrive
in California, though would suppose the soil es-
pecally congenial to them. VIM Ii. Smith, late man
ager of the Alhambra Theater in san Francisco having
failed was called upon in court to state what means he
had of paving his debts. He stated he had no real or
personal property in the world beyond pewter watfh
which wouldn't rum even for Congress, Knle VIII,
three broken blades, spaned horse ana %
$40 bin on broken bank He was one OF the best deieu
cases OF bankruptcy ever known III thc State
The literature of theological controversy is
not pleasant reading. 1t and fshy during
the Middle Ages, and before and afterwTd nor Is II
Roman Catholic, in lecture, on the 3lst ult, upon
Auricular Confession in speaking Of its opponents
me doowing Ps Gl @ NJ p,.on
what hogsh although does specify whether is hic'
I
ordained eerny not bape aud certainly crcamcse
the have nythng do him He however
fref Qusc doctor Whichever This fellow that
the blacklist g. in the history Of Rome confession, Well it
by such he Whose on literature that Of the broh pros
uJuies. etc
There is nothing TO say Of this. It's bad temper bad
taste and bad logic $50 far II is pretense Of logic
all patent. 1t will do harm for the Doctor. who he
eyes in confession by others, To confess himself upon
the first opportunity, that the 3lst of May, 1871 he
lost his eqanmity, and he will probably be advised TO
put bride on his tongue.
The Rev. Charles ID. Mott of st. Louis sends
to The independent story suggested by the remark of
Dr. McCosh that he had doubts whether the lower
animals can abstract, whether they can generaze."
A former pastor of mine" says Mr.. Mott, " told me
the following: When boy, he had fox which, regret
10 say bore the reputation of possessing far brain
than personal piety This fox kept in the yard
Of raised den. nicely sodded over and confined
by cham that allowed him quite generous clrcum-
ference. one evening in the Fail, the farm wagon,
turning from the field with load OF corn, passed
the dcn and by chance dropped an where the fox
corn, and carry il quickly back into the den. What he
wanted with il mystery, formed part Of
the gentlemans diet The ne t morning, however the
ysCry solved, for the fox observed of his
nbbing of some OF the and scattering IL about in
fu view of the poultry, after which he took the
malndcr back into the den and awaited events.
enough, the chickens came; and, while eating, out
spIang the fox nabbed his man, and quietly took his
breakfast in his back parlOr Now 1t to that
this Is pretty good 'gcneralLlng.' The fox may not
have reasoned upon the sublime theme Imaginable
regret 10 he did mott and for that matter neither
does Col James Fisk, r But lie didn't evolve that
chicken out OF the depths OF his Consciousness then
there Is no such thing as logic and
Logo is logic
That's all say"