New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-25
GENERAL NOTES.

Smith is CavOrite name in indianapolis. SO
fast does The race the ltous john increase that
the liberal variations III photography have to be
resorted 10 in order TO keep the different branches dis
uucs, and has GUIDED. she began. with the dtighfu
She born Suith, nnurlcd first smith. then
Schmidt, next IL shy the, next Smthc, and finally
SnN the.
People who are willing to sleep shut up
like jack-knife will he delighted to know ri pro-
of insurnr longevity. California scientist whose
head like his back be tribe weak declares that he
has prolonged his life by sleeping with his finger tips
tine body than s1a as sasPrs the
''aIc thus ktrt III even crcumhow, iisttad OF being
thrown of the eXrcmities and wasted. There is no
patent upon the great discovery, and any with SUI
Recently supple pack is OF course Tree to try the expert
lncnt.
There is nothing like good lively neigh
borhood quarrel 1t exeites cheerful spirit # cmuld
ton and adds incacuabe valc to the lInglE by in
crcasng its stock choice epthets 1t also
a spirit Of invention illustrated recently III a
fnd OF this kind in Detroit The battle was Tagging
sadly of the belgerenis brought a.psrrot INTO
reluisition Ia keep up the feeling When The man OF Inc
hostile house passed ihe oooI 'no parrot ou 49, posi-
ton in front window made HIM uncomforihbly con
started for "a walk she informed with the most NOR
hfyng publicity that rhe dyed her halr ihs cNl"r,
mtt brought matters 10 crisis at once, and the arm OF
the law was sought Tor injunction upon th parrot
In Portland, Me- when they were expecting
the Grand Duke visit them, The Forla'd Pros lifted
up its voice against the of the city money in giving
His Higbness a reception The Press could think OF
nothing more absurd, aud Of hardly any thing more
wicked" than spending money on Grand Dukes Willie
the poor remain unclothed, unfed, and unnsructcd"
From this 10 infer that the poor OF Portland are
at present in this melancholy condihonf II let them
fed clothed, and instructed at once with the money
which would have been spent II the Duke had appeared
there's whether he heard Of the newspapers protest
Portland he If not going The Press IL all the
more economical Just because bad enough
10 spend SEQ for few hours of Grants presence"
Well. II rather u high charge for such II brief
rapture.
A movement has been set on foot for the pur
pose OF restoring the StrGsburg Library and AL Homo
rary Committee formed Ill America under the authority
OF Count Bismarck Bohle the German Governor Of Al
SAGE, collect such offerings as may BE- made in America
the restoration Of only of the oldest libra
res In Europe, but also one OF the most ancient
cradles OF literature The Committee include Prof Noah
Porter President II Yale College; Prof Joseph Henry Of
the Smithsonian Institute William Cullen Bryant editor
Congress Edwin L. Godkin esq., editor OF The Nation:
and meIubers Of the prominent book publishing firms IN
this country Authors invited 10 present copies OF
their works and publishers send selections from their
lists Reports Of learned, and reprints OF publishing
Col NJ richards MuckN Putiic Ledger building No. 600
Ghesinnt,s P4iisdelphia aud Mr. T. st,tseI' No. ~
Hess to take charge OF packages.
1t is possible that some portion of the wealth
Chicago that melted into thin tho 9th Of October
was again before it reached ultimate dispersion
paper recently read before the Royal Geological Society
Oi Dublin stated that Capt Edwards Of the Neptune In
passage from Quebec to Liverpool found his vessel
veOped In the smoke and ashes he believes, OF the
burnt city. His report OF the facts certainly indicates
plausible occasion for his belief on The 2th OF October
az sea, In lat 46, NJ long IS w. at about p Ill., wind
blowing strong from W, he observed dense cloud Of
fog arise on the western horizon which gradually came
up with and surrounded the vessel and SO continued
until midnight From first coming up with the ship
until clearing Of there prevailed very strong smell OF
burning wood both the captain and felt their eyes
% as he w asns e,e ha
houses in that city Therefore have the consolation
which Pat offered to the shiparpenter when he dropped
HE hammer overheard: "Sure It's not lost. wbin ye
know where IT L.
Missouri settler, On the Union Pacific
Railroad srayed few steps In the woods recently in
quest of squirreo provided with only single barreled
gun. The first game ne saw q bear OF monstrous
proportions and unmistaka cannbal notions He ct
fly at bruin the amablc creature advanced hut ssed
him. There d literally for limb lfc and the
hunter succeeded, just the cavernOus Jaws OF the
beast touched his skirs, In swinging upward hop
table limb where he thought lac sccnrc, Tor nj
least The bear. bafed IN his onset, adopted Fabian
policy, gifIy waited sitting on his LAUNCHES 10 vicious
interpolation for the moment when his victim should
descend. Bears, like mortas lose patience. aud
when the hunter was attempting Ia climb higher, the
brute was enabled TO seize one 10y, and tore
leDdcrcd frantic with pain thrust one foot In hollow
place in the Tree and s'ling his KNIFE made strike at
the bears head The bear. with vigorous sweep OF
his paw struck The weapon from the mans hand for
mement the poor wretch gave himself up ~ lost, but
suddenly he remembered that his pocket flied with
sat, hch he had intended for sheep. At salt
mr. sciety As the beast thrust his head up hsudiu
OF sait was dropcd suarely into his wicked eye and
ho"s of pam he Eel scraing and lawinR 10 the
GROUND Detl his out 10 tie hon, opathc system ii
cncn onset o. the bear The huurr pAssad Lc Gay lu
hIe" """I bhav 0nS after noon vi the heXt day, The
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