New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-05
GENERAL NOTES.

Brown Cnivc1.ity has at present 224 stu
dents, OF tAc,, 80 are scniOs. Al junors u sopnonOre
aud Sc shIncn Rhode Island SENDS U2, Massachusetts
6s Connecticut A. Maine A. New liauSiiIe 4, and Yer
mont =.
The periodical wild woman has made her ap-
pearape again. this in Pennsylvania. She springs
up suddenly in the Backyard OF some farmers house
siaclr UP infant two. and scanpers off Ike mad
When sued she tenderiv filings her burden into con
vcnicnt hedge, and vanishes i'll coid OF backhair Or
COURSE e stnkIugy beautiful, and c0ipciy Of tnrln
with charming fire.. 0Om from all the tAtraNdSanccs OF
and lrCtatiOn Of manner winch make the lame
women Oi society so ullattractIVo.
True enterprise will never be appreciated.
An Ohio lad, who for years has rumphautiy carried off
the first premium canned fruit ut the state Fair has
been ANONYMOUSLY ovcrtrown by the curiosity of one
OF her own Sex. Her fruit plump and rtsh-lo0k-
Inc as ever but lady member Of the Committee insisted
mon opening the cam when 1t was found that The pre-
serving ingredient was very brine. The Com
mi, entirely overlooking the novelty of the prescrv
ng process. did not consider it OF sufficient value to
,it enc and promptly ruled out the spec
men.
It is odd that the Rev. Mr.. Murray Of
Boston, Mass, living, and the Right Hon. Richard
Brinslcy Sheridan. NJ. F., should each make precisely
the same Joke The Rev Mr. Murray, being asked If he
drank answered, Eyes, like beast" and then cx-
paincd that beast always knew when he mad got
enough IL ii coincidence that sheridan ionS az" made
the remark, and followed it by exactly The same
commentary. Some kind friend has scn Mr.. Murray
good thing 10 the newspapers ana some reminiscent mas
iiencc before.
1t must be disagreeable thing to be too
scientific. At Rnpoe, In the East Indies is learned
native astronomer who has predicted, during the coming
year, II sho,ng-star OF enormous proportions, blazing
with light dazzling eyes, rcnaining only "a minutes,
and during that short period Of time destroying vegeta
ton SO that awful famine will follow, quantities OF
population will DC destroyed. and this especially In
northern countries How much OF the dread Influence
we NAV experience here In New York do not know.
but considering that some OF US have survived certain
dogdnys in past years. say with canness Of the
shooting star, -" Let her SHOOT
In the Annual Report of the Commissioners
of Education, DR.. 8. g. Howe Of Boston, who is an
authority upon the subject, gives paper containing
some interesting statistics respecting the blind There
are according the last 2O390 Of them In the
United statcs per cent being born sghtlcss, 40 per
cent made by disease and IS per cent by accidents
States make provision for tho education
Of their blind There % schools IN operation OF
which 10 are exclusively for the blind ana the remainder
for the blind and deaf together These INSTITUTIONS
have an endowment Of t3G0NO0, with an Aggregate Vi
OIs pIls Since the i ncnt 81 inc hrst ol theso
schools about years ago. $40 pupils nave Deeh euu
Gated IL ~eis 10 that there u nothing more cnA'ac
trisc OF the present age than the sympathy and rare
bcsto, ID MON are afflicted ty riecIl innr
lies lc bliuJ,nr Deafness or INSANITY or ii!oc1'
II tie world has seen ND .lg LAc lhH bcio'c
History doCs not record the tact.