New-York tribune., 1876-11-24
GENERAL NOTES.

The young idea shoots in Rhode Island. A
sheous seaoolboy drew a revolver ON the principal Of
aWOOnsocket school last week
A cautious resident of Troy, N. Y, mindful
OF the contingencies Of post-mOrem extortions, has
called for proposals from several undertakers for con
ductlng his funeral, ana mas Maue cOntt"O' WIZ" 0
successful competitor.
Photographs can be taken without the aid
of the SUM- About three weeks PHOTOGRAPHER oO-
tanned pictures Of portions Of coal mine which Illus
tratod questions Of practical mining az issne IN oUeby G
lgatioD The photographs we're taken underground Dy
means Of the oxyhydrOgen light generally KNOWN As eHo
lmeligt in combination with magnesluln rioanu @ ia
combustion. The process was very SLOW one occupy
ing haIf an hour
DIR. Do Lewis advocates more general
introduction Chinese servants in large cities He says
that he investigated this subject during his trip to the
Pacific coast and is convinced that these people
roy 10 be the very best of He has visited
Chinese laundres in NewYork and Boston, and believes
He thinks that 10000 Chinese Aundrymen could earn
from 81 to So per day In Boston, New-fork ana fna
delphla
Steamboat captains In Florida say that the
aigaors are apparently numerous as ever especially
I'm tho marshes and lakes of the upper St. Johns few
wears ago the skins demand at from 80 cents to
81 each and thousands were slaughtered. In one IN
contrae hut as that species leather went out OF
fashion business declined Tue teeth frequently com
in the Southern market manlj Tor ORNAMENTAL purposes
The discretion of the average Sunday y-school
superintendent il not phenomenal as his zeal Inc
superintendent of Portland Oregon, Sunday re-
marked 10 the children about ~ days ago. "fou are III
te hovs now but in 20 or 80 years time OF you
NAV lie doctors Others lawyers or prominent merchants
in this city, and perhaps preaching the GospeiNnlinG
sn0erintendent at that time may be underground or
in heaven-or somewhere else. The topography Of thai
undiscovered cc5ntry was never denned WIN more un
certainty.
"AnxiOusr sends to THE TRIBUNE the fol-
lowing matrimonial problem, which, she says, is based
upon actual facts :" In 1854 Mr.. A married Miss b.
He went abroad and was compelled 70 marry Miss IN
order to save his life On his return to Americahe ascer
tanned that his first wife OBJ dead He then married
Miss d. He went abroad and did not return until 1S66
He called on his third wife ID and was shown 10 INC
door she (D had he3rd aDouL 70 anu ~ i aHd nd @
ing frightened INTO silence, she married Mr. 4. Mr.
promptly Now If was AS wife from the fact that
husbandl Is ID AS wife or ESP Try Luke Xxx, 81 ana
consult editor Of The Deseret Ae'cs
The Oregon papers describe some boiling
springs WascO County whence flow streams OF chloride
of silver The waters surcharged with soapy gray
silver that a stone will not sink In them, and when
crowbar is forced down into pool the specific gravity
Of the mass will throw back into the air like an arrow
shot from an Indians bow Tho amalgam is worth
$4,000 ton and there are 16O acres OF these sprng As
nd aII Nevada viii move 10 Oregon God Hill reporter
springs to the rescue OF Nevada The streets In tne
town were macadamized with silver OF low grade
from the waste OF the miues and a literally paved
with silver handful OF gravel which therep0rtcr pCkeq
ND in trench Mainst yielded - 20 gold ana S3 %
silver average being So TO the ton The rarity OF the
atmosphere in these western towns seems W laNor e
Ccity OF imagination
A suburban vicar Tec0unts In The London
Times an adventure which his housekeeper had on the
first Sunday in November with fellow who wore black
hskers-probably false. About half an hour after the
vicar had gone morning service, Hanson cab drove
M 70 his door aud aghting announced himself to
the housekeeper as intimate friend OF the reverend
which he carried mysterIOusly heavy, ana heT uh
easness found expression in the remark hat there must
bo some strange mistake. Upon tins be or lhe plek
whisxers-probably false-bawed out, 81 Do you make
me out hart" aud struck her violently IN the breast.
she remembers then throwing out DOIh her arms Mu3
snd-hOw she ca mot elbut the next thing OF wnie1
abe was aware was that she had slammed the door anu
that the man was shut out his last words being tha LOT
two pins would blacken her eyes; she tneb heaia
him away, and peeplg OUT, 50" nIh '@HiS"' 700 "
hand, round "a corner.
Lord Penzance has reminded the English
Rtl sts that one Of the parish churches OF the ma
t0na establishment is not theter Of which the rector
is sole lessee His decision in she case of the Rev.
Thomas Pelham Dale Is a decisive blow to Ritualism
The London telegraph this moral There is no
apparent reason why extreme Catholic party as they
call themselves should not initiate the Old Catholics
abroad and form church Of their They say that
their congregations sympathetic; II so, they VIII
carry their followers with them In their secession ly
boast that the active extension OF church
the last ten fl teen years Is due 70 tbe zeal III .'
case they can continue the prOces8 Win Inc goaIe ese
In a organization they VIII De ebtlfciy Iee. ny
can devise n ceremonial ornate and as elaborate tS
that Rome possesses. NunneileS cohIcsolvn.s'
prayers for the dead inyoeatlon OF sa.S
without the fear OF interference ir0m loru Io
zance. This would be a straightforward simple, aua
honorable course but Tor tDat very feSon Peii"P''
viii not be adopted"