New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-22
GENERAL NOTES.

GENERAL NOTES
A Young gentleman who advertises for a
wife in the Independence Beige has mis- little preferences
The applicant must be young lady chlldess widow
and he would prefer wife who is slightly lame -"
precauton probably against her running away
A Frenchman's invention for preventing
suhocation by cnoke-damp in mines is I'm knapsack
which is flled. at supply pipe in the mine with arr
experiment was made with il il the Paris CaTacomDs.
Ii makes a great deal of difference whether
YOU take cough medicine carbOuc acid for cold
John Casey in Philadelphia, kent both these hma ll 10
arrangement is that John casey VIII take any
more medicine IN TINS Worid.
Reports from Texas indicate that the severe
weather Of the past months has iuterfered with the
cattle trade Stock wintered poorly, and the shipments
nv rail 70 ST Louis and East win begin from 80 20 80
days than usual Texas heraers say the "thIef
has been the worst they have known for long uAe'
and the grass is very backward.
For the benefit of those who do not read me
CONGRESSIONAL Globe mention the fact that among tAe
hills passed by the Kid Congress one prohibiting
the use Of the word "Natonal" by banking houses
save those which regularly Incorporated under me
laws OF Congress. The penalty OF Noncompliance Win
TINS law a Of $50 for every day the word remains
Everybody eats peanuts, and everybody
knows that some are full and plump while Others have
little or nothing them but everybody does not know
that before the retailer his peanuts they are sep
I q.
sold Al different prices We mention these facts for the
benefit OF a lone-suhering public, that IL may SNOW,
whenever expectation ls baked py one OF lho7t lup
shells, that the fraud Is purely legitimate matter VI
business.
We observe that the cart-drivers of Lowell,
Mass have organized a musical society and local
new spaper says, the air in the vicinity oil the market
bouse is on occasions filed with angelic warolngs.'
What charming thing this would be in New-YoTk In
stead nj the rude and profane CALCULATIONS now incident
10 block, might have many duIcet chorus Win az
The savage breasts " the drivers soothed by the msO
dlou strain while the balest horses would Doe persuaded
to move, just the singing Of Orpneus moved stones
aud trees.
The course of true love-" etc. A West
Virginia lass Of Il whose lover was IN prison
aWatuc trial on charge Of stealing. determn I'd
10 be with him. fire 70 small log church. and
war sentenced 70 te penitentary. But alas her conf
dence In the Justice OF the court misplaced her
lover was acquitted, and she, poor thing " as an dione
where she expected to have such pleasant company
These facts forth IN petition 20 the IoFeIho
Tor the pardon OF the glrl, who las been set free
THE funniest things a frog and the fun
niest frog if peried found near Greeley, Colorado
This frog was discovered in excavating WE'LL and was
IN NJ placed in the geological cabinet OF the town but
Young American chopped IL with his little hatenet ana
disemboveed an old Aztec coin, which head could
be plainly seen, but the date could not DE decpAtIgu'
The next subject FOR the deualug society, NV ma
frog is destroyed ought 20 be- whether was me aeen
OF the earth, OF the CON, or DotA' "Ach peuneu TIC
/ frog.
AT a special meeting of the New-Y0rk
Amateur Press Association. held the 10th inst' the
Committee on Exposition Representation reported that
they had been favored with donations OF presses ana
/ types which had been placed on board the uulied
states vessel assigned for the transportation OF goods 70
Vienna: and that Gen Van Buren, had allotted sufficient
nace IN prominent section OF the building for the use
OF N ~ vienna starting In the latter
part Of April He will publish ana edit l2-page JouAAl'
/ during the exhibition. on lts premises
II is announced that the Petit Journal OF
Paris which probably has really the largest drcua-
ton in the world" mas passed into the hands OF mat
| most enterprsing Of French newspaper men, NJ. Ene
de Girardin in conjunction with NJ GiDrat OF lie Con
sttttonel and NJ. JenJy Of La France II is further
stsfed tbat NJ de Grardin has sold La Ltbertt 10 MS
ucuhew NJ Detroya but probably al the same time r.
The Pcft Journal is over 100000 day. IL price Is sou
n mas large clientele in London also NJ dc Graruin Is
/ now nearly TO- ..
! The shin Patrician, LAO tons burden, left
SAN Francisco on the g7th Of February with cargo Oh
wheat After dischargng the pilot and tug the SNIP
| being well manned and in every way seaworthy Win
an insurance policy Of 600 being in the regular track
NJ deem water veses squared away upon her voyage.
The Parican heavily laden and Of deep drangRl'
gupshot of the land She filed rapidly ana could only
ei pack as far bar. where she went down IN or
fathos of water Both ship and cargo were tOa oss
san Francisco paper when chroulces tne event, 20 o.
" The wreekng OF a large wheat snip on laI u 1
within sight OF the city, is not pleasant fact we
I should say AZ hluch-
! A new theory has just come TO hight 10 Ac-
count for the sudden breaking mp Of well built and ap
renrlv taunch IRON vessels when subjected 70 severe
weather after a few years service. The steamship
saraeossa was recently put on the stocks al
! paltmore be re-cauked removing the HOh
Mating the caulkers began work what looked 10
he solid heavy timber, but proved 70 be mere DoAius'
thin enough 10 be perforated with hammer. Upon
user examination il discovered that for space oi
sO feet in length each side OF the Keel, anu
| the boilers ana furnaces rest, panks. Whlch eIkut
years ago were three and onehaf Inches thick, hau
worn ~ boards Of baf inch IN thickness by the
~ rnders and coal which hac from time 70 time dIopPou
there and had been moved rom size 10 slde Dy INo ~
| lion of the vessel when al sea-
For several years the valentine mania mas
sspred suoh intense vruence In England a. 10 be re-
rsrded by the unhappy employees OF the Posi-Omee As
,h very blackest day in their calendar. Nearly 2OOo
paekets containing valentine matter pass through 'e
potOfHce Old the 18th and l4th Of February and the
to of increase is double that Of the population Ihere
| are three great makers-Rmmel, Dean, and Doou'
an Rmmel is the famous perfumer and his goods WAii
~ fragrance far and wide, and turn nasay speaking
thousands OF dirty postOfice pige0nhoes into AIapy
me hest Messrs. Dean claim 10 have produces nc
let costiv valentine ever made ms Nhe eAtous
IL order az the Queen, and was marvel OF the un
49,. rt being also further enriched ny leather nuNeio
.. ~ most EXQUISITE description. These enelrut SUM
49, ~ poetry by the late Prince COnsOrt anu ~
ihes Va nj 10 tbe Prince OF Wales hs eighteenth
Snl.s. Its cost has not been divuged, on the Iin
I cins' no doubt, that II" The unknown IN Ai"Hs ''D
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