New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-19

We talk about our weather! Zero is our jumping
Off place $50 to speak, of frgidity All below that is
phenomenal OF course IT'S different in different
cmes a fine day ia Minnesota for instance Is
unite compatible with ID degrees below O. The
Eizhth of January in Minneapolis was one OF this
low cOngealing sort; and was made the SUBJ ect OF
warm commentators in the newspapers OF the 9Th
There was n little snow in the morning as usual,
but at 10 o'clock the God of Day came out to gild
the crystal scene. Fifteen below! The air was
filed with a myriad Of frosty PARTICLES and the
wind was brisk. Minus iilteenl man had hls
cork leg frozen and amputation was necessary.
Bushels of frozen noses were found in the street
with occasional frozen ears, aud were restored to
the owners upon their proTing property.
Fifteen less than nothing! 1t was charm
ing day. 1t was full" We are told, I" of
ecstatio bliss" Wen, we suppose that there
must be kind Of exhilaratiOn about it; it is better
than fog, and not so morally dshearcning thaw.
There is rather prejudice against frozen ears III
temperate clmes; bat It is matter Of local fashion:
and we dare say that the human would appear
unite as handsome If entirely eaTlcss. At any rate.
there Is such thing as having the auricular' too
long; and we know several donkeys who might pass
Winter in Minnesota with great benefit
Did il ever strike the reader that there must go a
great deal Of skill and art, and conscientious edif
cation tho building of good, seryiccable Jail
Here is n firm in St. Louis which advertiscs that 1t
deyoes itself to Jail Building and TO the furnishing
of Cages, Cells. Locks. Handouts, Shackles Balls
and Chains. We shouldn't SUPPOSE it a very Jolly
business TO engage in. nut considering the necessity
of security of convenience, and of ventilation it
must require good judgment and fidelity in no usual
degree. At the West it is MT merely the breaking
out of Jail which is to be guarded against but also
the tendency of the community to break in. with a
view to summary Lynch proceedings. We should
suppose that q Jail Builder would now and then
like to refresh himself by putting up a church or
two-but that is a matter of taste.
China has emerged from her comparative secli-
to borrow tho sum of $3,13S375 for which she
is willing to take % cents dollar, eight per
cent interest and give her customs revenue as Sc
curity. This advance III civilization may prove
dangerous expedient for a Government which has
hitherto managed to get along without a public
debt and its accompanying troubles not the least If
which may be the numberlcss plans that will no
doubt be suggested by Chinese fnancIers for paying
il Oft The experiment is happily not encouraging.
for the Imperial Government has had to offer terms
which few of the great debt-burdened nations Of
Europe are obliged to pay.
An anecdote of Mr. Gerrit Smith relates that on
occasion. when a visitor had outstayed his well
come aud had become preternatural nuisance. Mr..
Smith in the morning prayed for blessing to de-
scend upon "our visiting brother, who will this day
depart from u.s." Aud he departed. Such pm as
That was sharp enough to be felt by the most
pachy dermatous Of bores.
We suppose that bis intellect must have been
temporarily impaired by the excitement OF the
occasion. 1t was mt Dubuque. The ceremony had
boon performed. The congratulations had Doea
rendered. The happy mllo were about to
upon tue bridal bot-tho marital meanderng. Then
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