New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-18
GENERAL NOTES.

1t Is reported in England that French firm
has discovered method of making artificial from
materials 50 cheap thati can DO sold at iarthing
pound. s
Jails are bad enough without having ghosts
In them. The Jail In Joliet s haunted by specer thai
is most unpeasantly seen aud felt II appears with It's
throat from TO aud smites the wretced prs
with its cammy hands II is hoped that tha new
terror Will have excellent effect upon the morals OF
Joliet.
In Indiana on the 18th inst the newspapers re-
port the presence Of the real Indian Summer and insist
that 1t is to this month that the sweet ghfuy
belongs. We believe that they correct. There
be no real Indian Summer until after pretty sharp
FROST like that which used to send the old Indians into
the swamps.
There are divers farmers in the State OF
Pennsylvania whose wisdom Is "rlcher than Peruvian
mines, and sweeter than the sweet ambrosial hive"
The other day hesel gentlemen observed Prof shearers
balloon gently descending in their negh6Orhood ana
and secure this new aud interesting game. Before,
however, they got In range the balloon rose ana saiea
away.
In the Berks County, Penn, poor-hOuse, they
have adopted system which works extremely WE'LL
Every tramp who receives nights lodging Is obliged
to pay for it by working two hours In the morning This
is Just what respectable aud rghtmnded tramp would
be willing aud even glad to do, but thst sort OF Vaa
bond isn't too common In this lazy world and we are
surprised to learn that the wanderers do not oten
trouble the Berks County refuge second tine
We have never heard of a queerer friend.
ship than that which has been formed 10 Peoria
The parties are-well, not to put too fno point
upon tia dog and hog This queerly assorted couple
are to be continually together in the streets, and II
anybody troubles the hog the dog at once becomes saw
and nicely roasted his quoDdsm friend would be inn
mensey consoed by bit OF the pork, Just as men are
ofton able brayely to bear DereaVemenI "Aen IL ID aS
conpaned by legacy.
If il is dreadful thing for woman to lose
her voice. It must be delightful thing for her TO recover
it. Miss Unmack at Lawrence, Mass six months ago
suddenly and from apparent cause became speech
less or almost So Last Sunday night she so affected
by the explosion OF kerosene lamp that her voice sud
denly returned in full force; she one good healthy
scream, and has talked audiby ever since Husbands
whose wives similarly afflicted, WILL OF course, pro-
| blot the use OF Kerosene lamps IN their houses
The Adyentists who have lately been hold
ing a meeting at Manchester, N H., arc OF a sensible
They do not nix upon any particular time for the
destruction OF the world, but content themselves with
the general affirmation that the great day may any
time come, 1t s prudeut to be prepared for H. This -
the only way OF escaping disapp9ntmen1 ana mortin,
OF tho catastrophe Is merely to invite tho gidicdle VI
scofers. To the day unXed upon l. 10 secure
perpetual interest and an excitement WITHOUT inter-
mission.
DELAYS are dangerous When a marriage has
been agreed upon and the day OF execution liked h Is
running great risk to postpone the ceremony on ac-
count of the weather, Four times did Mrs. Peru Of
Delta Iowa, adjourn her daughters weddin; because
when the happy day came round It rained. At last
dawned a sweet calm and clear morning and nothing
he had changed his mind and deserted the maiden
Peruvian.
The English ship Challenger, which is going
around the world examining the mysterious scadopths,
reports that it has found Atlantic depths very UNI
form rarely under 1900 fathoms, aud over AGO
fathoms Tie ship has visited san Jago Island, where
Notifications and barracks have all turned to decay, IN
desolation which must be roo sad TO be pctureqae.
Little solitary Paus Island also surveyed Sir.
Bryant, the schcomaser OF inc Cnalenger' was missed
nom the snip &C tue Cape de Yeges ana was ioHnd dea'
the summit OF nigh mountain
We live in an age of theories. We read that
Col Waddell OF North Carolina has amused his leisure
hours in celebrating, with briancy Of genius sur
passed By one" theory that i've hundred years
before Columbus was born, colony Of Irish settled
liant ectnreD with strong array facts and srgu.
mens." We exceedingly glad 10 hear that his lee
ture fascnates II It does not convince II - something
IN this age OF wearsOne conjecture 70 DO even fasci.
mated. our usual lot Is 70 be bored
Who does not reverence old age, especially
when it retains the freshness OF youths Judge James
DO Mott age 49, married in Ovid, Seneca County,
few days since, to Rachel Covert, age II, The dame ID
the Judges third wife, and the Judge the danes fifth
husband IL seems TO be rather than else case Of
the ruling passion strong In -: but never mindl We
do not wish to say thug dssgreeabe about so ausp
clous event. BY virtue OF this alliance, the Judge
has become the fatheraaw OF two children, the grand
fathernlaw Of seven, aud the greatgrand
OF hye 50 that IT 10 OF no consequence " AIN whether
ae has any new pledges or not
Animals-favOrite cats, dogs, birds, Ct al
have frequently been remembered aheetionately IN
Wills and provision made for their care during ther
lives The horse Of Col Porter ID. Trip OF Arlington,
Mass has been than usually distinguished by the
Colonel who rode him during the war. The fayorte ~
to be treated with the utmost care and kndses during
his natural fe. After his decease nc Is 10 10 put into
the hands OF taxdermst, his skin % be stuffed hand
somely mounted Enclosed In glass case and placed In
one the of the family residence. Ilo DBke OF
the horse which he rode Waterloo but we 10 not re
member that the animal was mentioned Ia the gress
Field Marshal's viii.
There is nothing more melancholy than the
spectacle OF a clergyman worried by his congregation
of his opinions Tue Rev. Mr.. smn Of East
Hampton, Conn., prefers moral suason TO prohibition,
and said so one Sunday ia sermon. What does the
reader think happenedt Why, the whole choir. being
Good Tempars, forthwith resigned. The next sunday
there was no organist and sweet singers appeared
In the gallery. Sui, the Rev. Mr. smith was nof dis-
started the hymns himself and the Congregation Joining
heartily, the sanctuary songs were given Win unusual
vigor and feryor
Paralysis, according to an English writer, is
rare, much that passes for paralysis being durable es
pecially through the Imagination This opinion Is sup
ported by the Of OF the best medical men
in Paris who In 1872 physician In the great hos
pital there the Hotel Deu In that year this hosptar
was particularly famous for tho cures effected in IT, and
many were tbs hypoohondriacs whose imagnatons sent
them home well after . short stay in Its wards Ono
odd case was that OF young girl In the Department OF
the Ain whom sudden fright had rendered dumb ana,
parayked Local physicians could do nothing for her,
and &C asserted that only the doctors or the Hote
Dleu could her. Firmly believing this herself the
girl sent TO Paris and admitted to the hospita
where the hurried physician merely examined her IA 4
matter Of FORM promising TO return on the next Ssy
When he came he heard TO his astonishment that tS
patient seemed inclined 10 speak He smoke 10 her Ana
she instantly that she thought she could
walk With btte help and abe did walk twice around
ward very easily. The next week she retnrned Ia
her native village as well ever "Iknew" shc cried.
that tne Hotel Dieu would cure mel" e would bo
hafd 10 nnu more striking instance Of the mysterious
power " the gnason and Of strong belief upSn ths
pilvsica, structure.