New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-16
GENERAL NOTES.

The ingenious counsel who pleaded for DR..
sade the sprtualis during the recent proceedings in
London which resulted in sentence of three months
Imprisonment at hard labor. compared hi, client 10
peny th.t if Calico mad re2orted TO leg fion'n 10
Ioye the motion Of the earth, be would nave ne,h Ius
convicted under the Narant act in spite OF the sound
tess u his astronomical theories
Virginia City (NeY.) justice is very conf
5snt!a IN bis courtroom. Most men make fools OF
themselves when they marry" he remarked one morn
hg "NOw called the turn when got spliced. DO
you know bows don't never buy bit OF wood hardly
he Old woman is always nOslng ronhd ana shttcNIlS
bard here and there, au Slts 50 IoWn Oh i,i
hat she does all her own washing All women am IAo
her though Most OF 'em want 10 ut IN ten hours ddy
hs rockngchair. Ny old hen amt had new die'a ioi
three years.
The ROYAL Humane Society, at its meeting
London or Nov /, voted a handsome Testimonial /"
Edmund Watcrton COnmgoby Ersnnc 6 long name Tor
lad OF - years. for saving two paymaes at south'ea
ID mid-Juiy the two children rolled down the embanS-
nsnt near the castle and the rocks sloped suddenly
70 the sea they fell into deep water with the tide at ITS
best Lrskiuc at once plunged H., anu CANE up "4V
aem after they had twice sunk lie pulled them both
en- bjs bact and i'm doing 30 was severely bitten IN the
baud BIZ one o. them However, De IToccelcd 10 SWIM
toward the shore as well as he could having only recently
Earned Ia swim He was Joined by another youth, who
took one Of the children from him, aud they ultimately
20, both 10 the side the rocks Then. with the assist
inoe OF a bystaIder they were landed IN safety
The Rev. Dr. Bellows not infrcquently
branches ont as on Sunday last and gives his congcga
bon upmxed practical talk secular affairs. 1t was
tine 10 inspire thought on the moral side Of the political
Spestion The metaphor which he employed to describe
10 large significance Of the situation brdgcd over the
pace between the pulpit and the forum lie said me
al Of or liberties has been suddenly found poised upon
he sharp Arafat OF single electoral vote aug ia uasr
country should lay aside mere partisan feeling 20 sa
pciOn Of fraud must be tolerated IN thc inJer7t o
party Tine PARTY gaining by fraud would be hdlcq more
than the fraud Itself The nation could not htahd "dr
"a o. ta-a rtpf hoe
Bat by the uoise,ss fall Of ballots Yet The dtc OF con
Get iy artillery and inusketTy cwecn two nearly equal
RESULT Of this peaceful controversy"
Mr.. Richard 4. Proctor has a very interesting
letter Ia The Lodd0n Echo the results Of 'hr Arctic
expedition lie says that Capt. Halls "Pres!dents
Land has shared the fate Of the continent discovered III
the Antarctic regions by Capt Wilkes which Capt
Ross sailed in 1913. 1t must not be supposed" he
tdds that Capt Hail, or Capt WiIke. either, had In
vented land in these regions In the Arctic regions the
vision is easily deceived. The contours OF coast sup
posed % have been by Hal, AMI the iccbOuud ellis
supposed Ia have been seen by Nukcs may either have
been clouds or real signs OF land, but Of land az much
greater distance than supposed. Tor atmospheric
tactOn acts peculiarly some nc- ~ these seas 49,
bring into vc objects lying ia reality Tar beyond TIC
ordinary horizon distance stoTe.by recognized his
hlhers sip 40 The distance Of molc than thirty miles,
when under ordinary conditions It's maiutruc6 would
Inverted IT is true; but inverted images OF hi'au.
images They would dI>ccriblc Just above the sea-
horizon al distances exceeding 100 miles under favor
able atmospheric conditions"
There was 10 tower scene, nor aid the eli
max lead Up 70 castle IN Spain but II was the romance
da poor young man all the same Mario Gauthier was a
heh young hefess Of 10 summers, and she lived with
NJ proud parents in The neishboiAOOd OF ST. Medard
Trance Thtoplhe Parceau poor young man OF i
winters, bad his humble parents titled the soil The
ophe loved Marie and in order TO be near her ana see
er every day, entered her fathers household a. ser
,,aht He WOOed her; she liked III the pretty GEAR
eop%d Now there friend. jules Gdunaud' WHO
as engaged 10 marry TEeOphilcs sister. lie sOiEl
mem out and told them that the police were on theli
.aek He advised Th6Ophile 10 escape, ana OF
Ieied 10 conduct the young lady 10 her Iaih-
rs house. They a scented. But lie was a ialSe
ntnd He took the heircss to his iathei
soase The plot thckencd. His father called upon her
4ients and offered to restore their daughter TO theu
Iney would consent TO her marriage win his son Inc
yot failed; the gTl escaped; oil the Gatuauds we're
Hsted; and Theophie, too The parents oi inc raise