New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-21
GENERAL NOTES.


A libel suit has been brought against Tho
senatO6ia CnIss) signet for msliciousy commenting
upon the size OF the Mayors feet
Fourteen fathers in Quincy, H., have signed
pledge allow their dangaters 70 take music les
sons until they know how 20 make good bread.
There IL Mrs Peale in California who
owns and MANAGES farm OF 1900 acres. She goes
and doesn't. without holding any conventions
A Connecticut husband lately sought for
divorce on the ground that his wife did throw cneum
bcrs IN his face because he helped himself too plent
fully"
Two sharpers are travelling in Illinois, and
OK them personItes blind man, the aathor Oh
cal work which he wishes TO publish 6y subscription
So 10 advance per copy.
The latest flying machine has been invented
by Joseph Meyer Of Macon City. No He has patented
the Continuance and his neghbors have taken coDsd-
erIblo amount OF sock in the enterprise.
The Rev. Mrs. Van Colt ~ 40 popular in
Omaha that no church is large enough 20 con
tain the congregation which she gathers. Therefore,
Jig Woven Tabernacle IA to be put UP for ncr
The Hon. A. p. Van Duser il lecturing on
he Taxes in a novel way sau Francisco He mesa
arca blackboard aud ciphers out before the audience
the nai proportion Of taxes paid BY wealthy corpora
| certain Elder Gordon in Kentucky states
in tine newspapers thai he has laOored minister OF
tho Gospel for 10 yearshls Travelled several
tam coanhs has baptized over 1000 persons, and has
/ " yen NE Dy Greasy Creek CHURCH,"
4 81. Louis newspaper says beautifully Of
sagims OyhellO:" 1t the awakening fury Of tho
Hyscanian tiger ii uroed at his feast OF blood, tho
dsiended tempest OF tropic land, laying all waste
these circumstances think tnaf. simple Ilstce, the
mouey sAOald nave been returned at the door.
A Professor recently opened an academy
81 Springfield, Oao. for the purpose Of teaching young
girls the art OF "eyolatng' "a the horizontal and
utrl.W
actually under training, when toe constable inerferef
with the studes. One OF the young students was sens
TO the RsOrm schoI-oas others were eit To parental
H. traint and disc plEe.
Which shall make the fire in the morning1
Positive inability TO settle harmonoIsly THIS mome0-
tous question has caused the honey mo0n OF fresh
couple in Northampton, Mas, 20 wane premaiurely
she las returned to tue pAternal fold He has taken
tremendous dose Of audnum but having recovered ho
now knows perfectly well Which must make The ire IN
the mOrnin0, If II Is TO be kiniled at all.
Queer notions Of prayer some people have.
Al meeting in the northern part Of Maine, the pastor
remarked that present had relatives friends In
distant lands prayer would he offered IN their behalf
Then uprose a simple looking ind vldla and SAID:
would like you TO pray my brother. He went away
two weeks ago, and hayn't heard from him since.
don't dsL where ne but yoa needn't pray below
Bangor"
No mans gait was ever more miscellane-
ousy described than that OF Roger nchborne's
Twenty-three witnesses spoke OF 1t IS AWKWARD"
eight 80 pecullari three as fannyi = I'VE a. Gu.
sOuchy and clumsy" four " shutting and sultyi"
T,nes,s. - While one witness said ina. il was liza
the walk Of Richard the Third"
An old man, David Myerle of Monongalia
Co. Va left by WILL long $500 20 Duild an Eps
copal church in Morgantown. This was al very WELL
bu Mr. Myerle add devise that ~ shah be OF that
branch order Of the Protestant Episcopal church
known as the Low CHURCH, aud that tne d9.trln.s
a devise for uncertainty. this s and the heirs
law being decidedly OF tins OPINION nave gone INTO
litigation about the wli with the greatest enthusiasm
The steward of the Prairie Bird committed
suicide on the voyage from Hayre TO Nevoueans Tho
extract from the Captains log which the newspapers
publish is a mixture Of the nautical and the literal
The steward went into the cabin with tho di,h,
basket Heard report The carpenter sung o1 h.sh
aud found a bullet hole IN he rieht tss'n,s i daS
fore and sft sails id yard abacE read funeral eere-
mony and launched him into the deep"
Articles and methods recommended 10 tho
State Horticultural Society OF Minnesota useful for
the destruction Of bugs: l. Crush the eggs strong
soapsuds; g. Tobacco water; 4. Evening bonhres; s.
Trap Causes assigned az the same meeting Tor the
destruction Of frui. trees the past winter am sphs
attention OF the sun 10 his elSlness T. weather o
ing The Society agreed unanimously that great
many had killed. but 1t does NOT appear 10
LA We agreed about anything else
Well, this must have been disc0uragng u
man struggling to reform himself A man ia Burlington.
Iowa cast aside the bowl bottle, or beake or what
Won will Money which he would otherwise have spens
for the cup which cheers and nebrates more. he
depoSlten IN o0't t az h ,eI m IN. bottie ark
for tnwarel It much Tor the reformed srhu.-
man. His appetite for the lrdeLt revived 10 most un-
cOntrolaOle extent. The serpent coed within bIt MN
again and when he reforms ne intends TO use un saw
incs Jank such pedder would give "A penny iOr'
medasa polyp has lately created some
inter It in the Garden OF Accnatou az Paris. After
he was placed in pool il observed that he depopu
lated the water ali neighbOrs dying speedily EH-
animation showed him 10 b- the very rare SlneRar
novn The hody OF whicn. pure wafer, gives strotg
acer. sOluf ion This polyp ms produces NcOnO .bth
il Transforms into vinegar, and IN the STAG OF masss
cbsetts IL would be liable fine OF go and to 20 days
in.pri,onment. In Paris they have gwen the hos"
creature jar Of clarified vinegar AL 70 himself.
The licensed victualers of Stamford, Engy
intending TO banquet, thought that clergy man
would be ornamental II not useful the table 80 they
persaaded the Rev. A. Z. Abby TO be present They
eoud MT found better person for their pnrpose
For when the reverend gentlemen came 10 make a
g ,0,st responsible an IL IL entirely that
drunaenness, crime aud Ignorance should increase
good is enormous and IN many cases 10 exceeds that OF
all bishops on the bench and ali me oeneiesd esr.
mace up MS mind pretty thoroughly
Almost every profound and logical mind
ha It's particular Oddly and this oddly very apt 10
be IN the direction OF superstition There for instance
WAS Merinee, a skeptcal literary man, who firmly
believed the prediction Of gypsy that be would perish
by means OF boiling lie aztec ted 10 treat the
sAi.S Gs J1A. f ri,, and he attended ts inaagnra
rion his real feeling became very apparent. lie was
seen strike has forehead while he exclaimed have
and ae5%1fe ne cssS y he ."
OOer wSald bring hm to ps death. For al shat ,:
upon his courage IN braying tie destroyer.
The Cincinnati Newsboys' Union, we observe
is very particular about keeping up the good character
Of the membership. AT a late meeting one youth was
expelled for general bad conduct" another for dis