New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-06-23

to injure her foreign credit.
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We have thought that the funniest Of all Strikes
was that of the household servants who wanted
more wages because Goals and provisions is high"
But this is made Of account by the strike Of the
beggars of Treves. who have been in tho habit Of
getting dole for praying on fixed day for the
prosperity Of the town. As prices rose in the market
so rose the price of these prayers the pous beggars
refusing 10 pray at all unless their wages were
doubled To lose the benefit Of these benedictions
was not to be thought Of the city corporation has
submitted-the strike is successful
At St. Joseph Missouri there is a certain Nathaniel
Jackson, a person of color We regret to say that
he has doubts Of the fidelity Of Mrs. Nathaniel Jack
son. Whenever he has occasion to be absent from
Nome. aud no is frequently absent. before departing
he reads to Mrs. Jackson the following Impressive
document: Mrs. Mary Jackson: ! am your hus-
band and You must mind no other Niger but me.
You know that l will never give you up; VIII
stick to you, if have to wade to my chin IN blood
to do it. [ am bad niger when get mad, 80 look
out for me | am coming" And then he goes
1t is mentioned that the spinning Wheel as a
source of fashionable female occupation. is coming
nance has been revived, because the wheel figures
80 often In imported pictures along with pretty
girls Nothing better than spinning shows off a fine
arm and figure except perhaps harp-playing, which
has become about obsolete. Certainly spinning is a
more useful and rational employment than working
impossible dogs on canvas in Berlin wool
Can there be Fourth Of July without fireworks :
At any rate as they have probably had fire enough
in Boston. they to try the experiment. for the
City Government has refused to appropriate any
money for the swif-darting rockets aud the blazing,
swapping fancy pieces. This The Boston Courier
styles "a total suppression of the most distinctive
element in the Observance of Independence Day.
Tie other distinctive elements of crackers, pistols,
and mixed drinks may go next; and no sensible
patriot, We fancy, will be sorry.
II il an important fact that the Chinese have re-
Gently been recognizing their army, which now
numbers 1000 men armed with Enfield. Remington,
and Colt rifles and with full complement Of rhed
artillery. 1t is asked, what IT, under able leaders,
they should some day swarm beyond the limits of
their own empire and attack the terri orcs of their
neighbOIsi They are brave, patient, capable of
discipline aud there seems TO be reason why,
with proper training, they should not make excel
lent soldiers.
One of the politest newspapers we have ever seen
is The C0rinnG Utah Reporter which thus apologies
for rather a great mistake Ii was our misfortune
to labor under false impression yesterday in an
nouncing the birth of instead of a daughter TO
the wife Of Mr.. Berry on Saturday night. We make
all the apology in our power for the error" This is
all the more proper in The Reporter, as it aclnowl-
edges the receipt of basket of chan agne from the
extremely happy Berry.
Probably no reasonable woman will look favor
ably upon new foreign invention which a manu-
featuring firm in Western Pennsylvania is copying
This is bonnet made of spun glass and trimmed
with flowers, feathers, etc, of the same ma -eral,
variOusly tinted 1t may be beautiful it may not
be expensive but alas when dusty it can be
washed and made to look as good as new,-and what
woman wants bonnet that can be so easily reno
waited rs that
There is an Irshwoman of gigantic strength in st.
Paul One morning she lifted barrel of sugar from
the ground into q cart. The next evening she pre-
sented her husband with twins. Two days after she
did the washing for family of ten persons. Not 80
fortunate was Missouri girl. She washed all day,
made supper of twelve boiled eggs. aud then
danced all night. 1t is mentioned that her funeral
procession was nearly mile long
The chair Of Moral Philosophy in the University
of Virginia is vacant and it is said that there are
more than twenty candidates who desire 90 fill it.
This swarm of applicants is described by one news
paper as hungry" which is certainly good state
for the development of philosophy, either moral,
which grins and bears it, or immoral, which swcars
at it, The fact is, the University took the rather
unusual course of advertising for Professor.
In the list of Members of Congress who have re-
turned their back pay to the United States Treasury
the name of the Hon. c. w. Willard of Vermont
should have appeared. We take great pleasure in
adding it to that list of honest men, The accidental
omission Of Mr.. Wizards name from the telegram
received by us explains the fact that the names
therein were ono fewer than the total number rs
stated in the dispatch.
The members of the Metropolitan Board of Works
in London recently got themselves into pecuniary
scrape. At the late Thanksgiving nc st. PaulS thcy
spent Ca 900 in providing accommodation for them
selves and their friends. Now the expenditure is de
clared to be illegal, and each member must pay
fl5O IL would be economical if we could introduce
this sort Of thing into our own municipal affairs.
Chrysostom and other old preachers used 10 diver
sify their sermons by Trades against the foes of
dress; but that kind of robuko has not been com
mon IN tho modern pulpit. Lately however
Bangor Mel clergyman fell afoul OF the Spring
bonnets. which. with great felicity Of expression.
ho called inoomprehonsiblo huddlos Of hnory and
triyoltX"