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

Another girl full of needles Truly, there is
limit 10 The marvellous. 1t Is only necessary to start
peculiar Kind of PHENOMENA. when a thousand similar
spring up all the land. Memphis has girl 80
full of needles that if crank attached she would
make a capital sewing-nachinc. Tic rate Of speed with
which they travel from part Of her body to another
is wonderful. At night she fc them in her cheek and
at o'clock the next morning they wcr. N h,r nr
points upon her arm. and with the AM oi pilcrrS thirc
needles extracted. The rubbing waa kept up with
undated zeal, and six needles cane to the surface:
T XhauScd the supply for despite ne most pr""lgal
U.s. oi llumcnt. not another needle would appear
Can we be sure that anything in the market
IS what purports to be Agatorhide boots. for
he checrfuly paid hy unless he has cash
in plenty and passion for keeping his feet dry yet We
told that ordinary leather is now stamped to resemble
allgatoi-skin So an indignant gentleman writes news
paper that genuine mattress cTrled hair Is now made
tins which live III II 1t were not just as easy to
laugh "a; cry, ana nral %1%eS S, %as =, r nn
tears, and mOurnfuly drown themselves IN their own
SHAUN pipes warranted genuine there is boundos.
fund Of naisnsns % and u. for tTossFsd
man Beings, is not their nainc Locioni
| If Thomas Ducey had been an ancient Roman,
instead living in 1871 in Lowell Mass he would have
been presented with a civic crown, and possibly have
had statue in the Capitol after Ills demise. And why
Because Thomas Duccy has been the father Of -
children by only three wives! No "a is only few days
old. OF the little Ducoys died years ago Mrs
S Hsf Ssd al Il chd H Mr.. Tom D"ccy S" who
still living, and may still eorify the Ducey name b.
further like presentations to her lord has had g. Or
course a family like this, amounting TO u small village
population. cannot be founded IN day. and our readers
viii not perhaps he surprised to learn that the great
Duccy is 90 year, Of but the little Ducey W no came
into the world the other night Is all the more phc"ine-
What world stern old John Wesley have
said to the Methodist doing, in Washington Thanks
giving Day-hc who coud Mt endure even steepcs for
his meeting houses what would he have said to the
dedication with prayer OF whole chime OF bells. with
PROFESSIONS banner, and the singing OF Hail. Column
ria9" Truly he would have thought that these cere
monials smacked OF the Scarlet LADY OF Rome. and
would scarcely have permitted his primitive Methodiss
to M any a' 1cfy rsdd h Tsts and t When n
has been lucky enough To- get one the brethren may
friends the Quakels doing things every day which
would have grievcd George Fox; and if we should hear
taking itself to singing in tune instead out Of tune as
heretofore, it would not u mOrsel aslOnish US.
An inquest has been held upon the body of
the Rev. Michael Burke ut Worcester. he having been
killed by the train of the Boston and Albany Railroad,
which he had just left. feeling has been OccasOned
in the neghborhood Catholics. by the report that
the Rev. Mr. Burke intoxicated at the time OF the
accident. On the Other hand 1t Is remarkable fact
that bottle Of whisky found his pocket after his
death. and the conductor testlfcs That he behaved Ike
an intoxicated 1t would be highly Instructive If
could have fun and accurate statistics Of al the rail
sibe and specially ardent spirits contained and carried
in pocket TASKS If ever man needs to have his wits
in "a perfectly unmuided condition II Is when he Is
travelling railway. especially ut night, Mr. Burke
Getting on trains and getting of them are opera
lions requiring caution and intelligence, neither nf which
Is compatible with whisAy Oh the brain and III the
stomach.
When man has money to give away what
can he do better with it than to found free public
library to be possession forever to those who shall
come after hint And how much better is TO do this
in lifetime when his own eyes may behold the rich
results Of his enlightened liberality, than to leave
legacy for lawyers to wrangle and to waste
Wherefore do Ne highly approve Of the munihcence
Mr. Horace Fairbanks Of st. JOhnsbury, Vt, who has
built and given TO that town library edifcc together
%n 500 @ Athanu thus
and endowed, was formally opened last week Excellent
results may be anticipated from the establishment Of
these comparatively small libraries In small towns The
great book collections prOfessed scholars must
sary be few and be placedat center but the
| to read and exciting appetite for reading, does
service analogous to that of the public school
It's all up with the good old cOmpanionship
OF the Ethiopian and the leopard, and the latter will
henceforth have to do duty alone It is really unfOru
nate because the comparison had become convenient
the untrng zeal with which 1t used for the past
Is centuries having made 1t toeraby familiar. Whether
or not frequent use had the black tint from the
negros skin 10 uncertain, but crediby informed
that in instance at least 1t has changed and that
Of ruins forever ts reputation for stability Nor
folk boasts Of an African who IL gradually changing into
Africans and the child o. black "a could be wished
until his eighth year. when white spots cared upon
Of ~. s S1Gy 11sss sI,ssd GRADUALLY and
the hands and face. became perfectly white At the
present time his face is undergoing transformation and
the alternate black and white patches give him an cx.
name ii the Spotted Negro" which bids fair to be-
| changed In few years to that of the white negro.
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