New-York tribune., 1876-12-23
GENERAL NOTES.

The New-Haven agent of the Montreal pho
torapher whose consgnmenis of college photographs
were recently seized by customs officers there
no intention to violate the laws. The delivery
photographs and albums TO the present senior CaSs az
Yale Will not be delayed for the cOnsgnments which
were seized not this years work.
Chickens are Matched by steam at the Ven
nelyst poultry farm, Pentwater, Mich The Matching
house has been built in the form Of giving five
roos each I2 feet SQUARE In each story The frat floor
voted hatchg ana the incubator stands In the
room looking toward the east IL ls not VGr pes 9n
tOus looking piece Of mechanism, but viii hatch 800
400 chickens at time Spring chickens all the year
rouBd-'tis not a bad idea.
Mr.. T.. A. Buck now has entire editorial con-
troll Of The Spirit of The Times Under his management II
is spguarly comprehensive, carefully edited and en-
tcrprsng newspaper and the Christmas number which
it las Just issued probably the best sent ont from
its office Among other attractive features IL Is crowded
with valuable series Of groups of portraits presenting
and boatmen OF the past year. and the celebrities Of the
French, English, and American stages.
There is in Scotland as well as at American
wateringplaces close connection between fishing and
matrimOny The failure Of the herring fishery this sea
sou has had a most depressing effect upon the matr
monial market The decrease in the marriages in the
three months ending Sept 80 last is considerable In
Island Of Lewis, with upward OF 5000 lnhabants
there were Cnly two marriages, ana IN WICK, Win u
population Of 5000 the number OF marriages was only
H. being rather than half the usual total In .oss
and Cromary, with about $4,000 lhhaDiIthISi 'IsT1 %
only 80 marriages The fishermen, as me % faH
GGsee puts IT, seem 10 be displaying the same klhu
oi witness as the herrings,
A Frenchman who recently crossed the ocean
and strayed into Maine has been taken abacG by the
rgidity Of New land prejudiccs he called wiz
lady m the office OF the city clerk Of Lewiston last week
and obtained q marriage certificate On Monday he made
second visit Mister me yan1 70 a gss 1SlnSL 70
him why second certificate could not De given 10 MN
and urged him TO make peace with his htst love ~
Mon Dieu - exclaimed the bridegroom. 81 all ready
for wedding II is too bad to dsappont one teller
dish way viii curse dat woman aud never look on her
no more When he announced that he had not married
his sweetheart and was on with the od love before
he was Oh with the new, second ceruncae WIS naue
out
An English clergyman at st. Leonards-on-
Sea has a brave fooiman Early in December burglars
tore out bar from the hOOroom window and entered
the parsonage The footman slept the pantry and
WAS disturbed by hearing something fall He opened
his door and seeing a light in the pantry, went out
taking swOrdstlck. Tie shouted ont, who Is there
and Immediately man with a blackened race put MS
head out OF the pantry door ana whstled Inc lOhn
spang forward and StTnck tbe man twice on Tue heso
The burglar toward the outer doors carrying pare OF
the plate in an apron but being struck Dy ine @
next moment the fOUtman himself was strnek violently
on the head and by another man from behind Ihe
theu out Of the back door which the iootman
boted, and went for has master In the pantry Mss
red off The only thing taken was the footlnas waIch
and chain
DR.. Linderman, in the course Of an inter
view which fully reported in The San Francisco Cro'
purchases Of coin which the United States Government
has been making in London and the Pacific slope and
70 the enormous demand for silver In China The future
OF the silver market would depend. he said. mainly upon
tho Of the United States and Germany There
is now" he continued about 81 100000 worth OF eu
lion az the mint waiting be converted into trade dO
lars The Government viii need hereafter about
100000 silver monthly and rs probable Inat no
more purchases will he made abroad. From Sl2OOOOOO
no Al s 600 900 is likely suffice for the silver de;ds
of China II the market continues as good III emma as
lhs tlerei is %
ican bullion will come to San Francisco and he shipped
heDcs TO Chinese ports. India Is likely u consume
@ OCO 900 yearly about half the annual silver pro-
dnct of the world do not think the double standard
would be a good Thing for this country. think we
sbonld Keep the gold basis, with subsidiary SILVER io
common use fixing amount for legal tender al $40
We have DOW as estimate, IN this country SlOoVOOOOV
i'm gold and less than 40.0O00O0 In silver exclusive OF
plate OF this amount, there is from S25OOO,OOO 70
$4,000 900 subsidiary CON- and from So,OOoOOO 10
~ OO 600 at the miDs. To raise the price O silver rs
compared with gold above Its value III other
wond be TO food with the poorer metal ana ufain he
Iand Of the more precious"