New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-28
GENERAL NOTES.

'"Old Abe" the veteran war eagle OF the 9TH
Wisconsin Regiment is exhibited at the Old South
Church, Boston, this week
Miss Fannie Waters, gOverness, from Maine,
who was married TO Chu All Wah, proprietor Of wash
house in San Francisco on Nov 16 said that she loved
him and that was the only The Nevada editors
Are skeptlcal They explain that she owed INN am
enormous bill for washing and resorted to this new way
20 pay old debts
:. The committee appointed by the New-En-
gland College Rowing Association visited New-London,
Conn, last Saturday, and were favorabS impressed
With the course Two colleges represented Trinity
and Dartmouth, and a third, BOwdoD, has pledged
itself TO row at New-IOndon. 1t is generally believed
that Wesleyan, Brown. and Amherst VII aso se gre
and that NewLOndon Will be the scene OF tne neA' io
rata Several Yale men have also been examining ne
course. and it is possible that inc race between me- IT
crew and Harvard win also be rowed there Inc course
certainly the finest in New EnglanC-a spiendId relch
q four miles straig Inc % f as fSVts
sons the allurement OF susceptible students are con-
serned safe to say that NeWondoh Is as innocent
e. newborn clam.
As woman's paper, The NeO Century has
now and then word to say about marriage and it is
always sensible word like this "Society profits by
syey consideration that pnts the sacred institution Of
marriage into clearer light and more deliberate accept
ance Tit be after ALL political economists tell US,
very much matter of statistics dependent upon the
price OF barrel Of flour; II be that the eXtraVagaht
gauge Of modern households forces more OF prudent O
Scbt of IFS Observation-Disclosures upon the modern by so
much the matter for couRratuaMon That the
modern takes her place inteiilgehtIy as cor
5ssg party and though INC GiI ioIin ec Of ps
Archa days-st holds its place in the ruai none the
les Ia II certain that She and none other gives herself
away She has higher standard than heretofore not IN
vague fantasies Of champion and hero but IN cOprehe
iie" H'' O"" i'1D'''"'"'
Thrilling stories were told by reformed
drunkards at Dir. Moodys temperance meeting in
Chicago last Thursday. One Of the witnesses stated that
he had been drinking for - years and had not stoppeu
longer than six months time He had taken the oath
hme after time He had gone before Justice OF the
peace, had signed the pledge with his own blood,
eaTn from his arm by penknile lie had sworn NOT 10
k TOT year. under the penalty that ne was 10 DC SEM
70 the penitcntary apeured man. He had broken the
n, sno only escaped lhe penlentlaiy ny stGlPnt I
i0Wn. He had committed every crime but murder ne
he had married Cnrisan gir and made her life
aaDle lie bad seen her walking about the mouse WIN
only one shoe aud with tattered clothes, ana even then
ent Tor drink -Four weeks ago be had wandered into
me tabernacle aud ne knew that his sins were for
tof tobacco.
large proportion of the letters descriptive
u the Centennial Exhibition that have been published
foreign journals express surprise at the excellence OF
American manufactures. letter signed j. Walter
d IhOrp, which has been reprinted by The Paterson
Da'g Press from The MaeelesdeId Courier bears remark
aoie testimony OF this sort Maccesned, IL should be
mentioned Is the headquarters Of English SIR manniac
M Ihorp refers in his letter 70 lnseLng o. tld
eeiesnelo weavers at which one OF them ~ iepoItSu
ssye said What did the manufacturers 90 Iop 'ie
ppa11ei There q great exhibition gOih2, on III
eiadelphia. There not single parcel Oh macces-
t goods there Now, II America once saw tne sVV 3
England could produce Ia silk he had 80 hestatOn
saying she would ut throw OF her duties 10 nave
sgem Mr.. ThOfp denOunces these expressions as
Iase and foolish" and says Our English SILK lnahu
Aerers have acted wisely In abstaiDing from exhlD
49, taeiF goods at the Centennial Exhibition az FRlih
aphia as they would only have exposed their nier
iy In quality and price Instead OF wishing any longer
zee or use our English sk goods, America, protected
" ner 90 per cent duty the import OF manufactured
~, Is almost entirely supplying her markets with
soemade goods" After mentioning that the reduction
me cost OF labor Is fast removing the chief obstacle
sitn which American manufacturers have 70 contend
~ fhofp says to his cOuntrymen 60 We shall find that
We ample labOrsavtng appliances and greater inte-
snee OF the workpeople will bring us face 70 face VIII
sOmpetiti0n such have yet dreamed Of and
venture 70 say that before long England mother OF free
.aoe a. she Is will find herself compelled to impose
eY on the importation OF American silks In order TO
Sveet her manufacturers from being beaten In their
syn maxkets."
Engfshmen know more about American sOci-
W than they did. Time when Americans could dis
eesA English topics with fan intelligence than En-
s'AA~sn displayed In talking and writing abOut the