New-York tribune., 1876-08-10
GENERAL NOTES.

The Block Hills miners are discussing the
.chool question. and mapping out new Territory. at
che expense OF DakOga, Wyoming and Montana
The committee interested IN the preserya-
ton of the Old South have received letter from the
Grand Master of the Lodge of Massachusetts, pedgng
,h ceraton OF the Masonic fraternity throughout the
state toward saving the building
The Sultan's fourth wife is an English shop
rirl Her aunt had store at Pera and summoned her
,eoe from England to help her in trade The girl was
- and attractive and soon learned the Turkish
ianruage one day she went TO the haret OF Plihce
NuTad to deliver some articles "hch one OI HIS wives
had ordered, and she never retained
"MOney or your lite' comes with better
grace from bank depositors than from hghwaymcn At
Fdorado Kansas two of the deposltOrs appeared last
week at the door Of the bank and demanded heir money
at the point Of tho pistol Payments were resumed WITH
sacrtY third depostOr adopted the same tactics but
The President of the bank not IN good temper. and
yeniured argue tie point with nm even soS 50 iaI
as 10 snap pistol at the credit The o was returned
snd the debt was cauceled-in bood.
What mania for burning powder Amen-
cans haye correspondent of Detroit paper suggests
that the sxy-third anniversary of the battle o' Lake
Erie be celebrated 10y naval battle The cities OF the
lakes he thinks could easily send out steamers with
canpon and sGuadS of militia hoard: half OF them
could rendezvous Put-inBay and the rest near IEe
mouth Of the Detroit River: the steamers couu ben
annroch fine scene of the engagement and the battle be
sngSf nv steam and not uudcT sail when Perry
his victory there not steamboat el1at, but Johh
Vapderiy1 was at work uuon his panorama for the
RotTpda in NeW-York Wil not good panorama of the
Battle of Lake Erie meet tne demands oi the average
patriot in the lake region II
The locust has wrought desOlatiOn in CHINA
this Summer North of Yaugchow famine seemed I'M
inept and the farmers finally went the Salt Commits
sioncr ana impored him 20 avert tie calamity. The
only thing he could do was to ask the god OF war to
battle with tie locusts Accordingly he rent bis gar
ments and went bitterly, and with head and feet bare
,rawled apon hands and knees into the tempie and and
bumped his until it bled lie then broke forth iuto
tamtutaiiOn and The people outside nov IT," w cocII I
Faith trumphed The locusts chansCd ter lle', ,ing
on grass alone ANA not on rice. Tire report ol TINS
miracle soon spread other districts similarly aiic et
and the ceremony which had been SO successful was re
postcd but alas the locusts there were neSora5e OF
else the god weary OF good WOIbS iOf rap
pings and howlinss were VAN.
Even among che Cccstials, incompatibility
OF temper is the handspring Of domestic misery.
clever young chinese lady married youth who was no
match for her in accomplishments aud too lazy witha
20 make his own living night he went home after
day Of geuteel loafng to hear his vie remark quite
sharply that she had neither any rice III tGc house nor
money enough TO buy any. "Ncvcr mind he ieplied
very meekly I'll 20 ont ard borrow enough for sup
par" He came back with the rice and hs wife got sdp
nor rather suIlpny; but when il ready she could
bot find her husband. Hour after hour passed. aLd ihee
w. M sigrs of him she bern to cry ana her hOwI5
s,ached the ,ars OF an old woman who iNc1 hari 0y.
When she told her trouble the croNe btGjn 70 io"l III
,onart and their lamentations soon reused tbc neigh
b0rhood Three dsys afterward. ar uncle O." me afflicted
lady hearing OF bis nicccs trouble came IN ana sus
eested that the house should be searched At t.crc
hanging from mai in wall, the iiscr DE hu
band. The wife agony OF seIrepr"icl iu'H"d out
OF the house ana jumped into the HtcF' "ut -o was
saved, AMI = now dragging ont her WiioWEp'i inc
Celestial Eap1e tells hs moving tale bus doeo Lot ven
tuTe 20 Iont the moral
James Little of Montreal has published
pamphlet on the probable duration Of the timber supply
of Canada and the United States IL the destruction OF
forests goes at the present rate. beginning with
Maine hG limits her forest resources to a period from
FIVE TO ten years. Her principal linercs are nearly all
gone, and many Of the mills erected ioi the white pine
trade running spruce OF small dimensions
The Eastern and all the Middle States except New-GorS
and Pennsylvania just as badly or Tie Adondack
st have large quantity Of spruce left ana the susque
hanna Valley Pennsylvania is stil IicA ~ pine but 1t
Il estimated tLat few years win clear the good
tobcr irc:n both Most Of the SOutlrm safes abound
fu pitch pEe and express but have white pine. which
l. the wood most demand for general usrs. To the
vast stretches Of white pine in Michigan he allows life
OF only six years. aud he taxes the view Of Wscon-
sin and HInnc.0ta. Ohio. Indiana. ILLINOIS,, aLd tle
prairie States and Territories generally have but little
forest land and largely dependent Sn Michigan ana
Wisconsin. Washington and Oregon have timber 10
spare and distribute IL along the whole western coast OF
North and South America. In cD.cua u, he advises q
liberal Encouragement OF tho culhFat"h OF new
Of the dmInon NUT Of rainfall WSx follows these IN.
sparing raids upon the timber lands.
The staid old Providence journal has most
romantic story OF marriage III the 5irl. Among the
recent Summer guests at NarTagansct Pier have been
wealthy resident OF Baltimore, his blooming daughter,
and companion whose Office 1t to stand guard
over her young mistress, and intercept letters that
she might send youu. gentleman ~ the South Be
fore fortnight had elapsed dainty little mssiye was
"a the Baltimore mailbag. The young gentleman packed
his vase and set f0r Rhode Island. Tie father was
forbidden by his physician 10 bdcc Ia The SURF and his
daughters companion hated salt water ana usually sdt
on the rocks when her charge dDEned bathlng-suL
While the happy grl was in the water her lover sud
Denly appeared be ore her. swimming Ike Guck. and
proposed that they should bc married TIE acZt DAY In
the breakers She said ycs. The tac lovers,
clergyman, and tWO witnesses formed hulc group III
the surf further ont tan tho other bato dared 20
Tire marriage ceremony had to be suspended every few
seconds on account OF the brcdkcr aud laugh brOke
from The lips OF the grl when the Clergyman sOlcmny
gave fall opportunity Tor the fOlbddn- ~ the harns
Everybody noticed hOW gay s" at !nrcf that day
And her father thought shes forgot on ta1t Baltimore
upsar: already" few hours later he llutcciycd
Then the tempest rIgCd again. but lawyers cool c1nE
ss finally pTs-vaiicd. The bridegroom fingered rev
dsys ana then went back 10 Bati;Horc NncIc next De
tocr the participants Oi the Comedy IN th" rr! WI re
appear IN the same characters IN me drama o b'a
Wedding before The eyes Of the world