New-York tribune., 1876-12-16
GENERAL NOTES.

GENERAL NOIES.
The placarded walls aud board fences up
town sometimes display cOmical results through super
pasting of bill after bill Recently the stranger might
have read the following combinations: Prepared
Glue-For the Teeth" DE Lancey's Hair-Velmifnge;
Barrett in his Great Character oi.PnlmSne Warfrs d
and Aendricks-Extracted without Pain"
Work at the Champ de Mars for the next
International Exhibition is going forward very rapidly
More than a thousand laborcrs are at work on the
foundations of the east and west payons ana the ter
races. Germany manifess even greater indifference
than she did while preparations were making III fha
depbia The Chambers OF Commerce assume that manu-
facturers and exhibitors will not send enough goods 10
incurred and Government has decided not to take
part officially in the Exhibition of 1878.
Mr. Moody, in closing his MONDAY prayer
meeting in Chicago on Dec. IS, read a note which he
lad received from Presbyterian elder in Brooklyn,
stating that on the evening OF the recent disaster the
orchestra played "What shall the Harvest be T.
Mr. Moody asked How long, my y, Coz, WIN NL
nounced the OF such dancing tunes as need Iheo
in mini that certain critics have found fault with Mr.
sankey's hymnOlOgy on the ground that IN some IN
music
Mr. George William Curtis, talking of rail"
way manners tells this story ~ young woman sud
denly nounces in her seat and throws up her arms ana
excaims TO her felOwtrayelers, through compahlon'
Did you ever know anything so hot im sitting.
Can't Won open this window Whew whew dear
It's dreadful isn't Ill It's always so in these cars MY
it's awfulv On one occasion, When us hhn OF IT ~,
mark had been made at some length for the edlhcauoh
OF the company a voice heard from the other end
OF the car fes in' , tnn eaIiy CbrisiIans
genera! laugh followed and nothing further was heard
from that young woman
The wife of telegraph operator in Sedalia,
No. arrayed herself In bridal attire on Dec H. adorned
herself with jewels and ornaments. took chloroorm'
read her hu last letter, answered IT, folded her
hands across her breast and died "Hc denies me TO
man." she wrote, "but cannot deny me to God" Then
she forgyc him for dcserting her. and hoped that weh
me looked upon a certain scalring ne would remember
her IL grave question whether newspapers 40 not
sonnts of them TINS woman evidently mad faith IN the
enterprise OF local papers for sue took pains 70 ar
good story which would edify the public aud worry
the soul Of the man who had deserted her
A Chinese soldier who had accepted the Ro-
man Catholic faith settled land near Making
and ouarrelcd with the former proprietor His religion
preudeed cause and his neghbors took his enemys
side He was charged with manufacturing paper images
and with dabbng dablere generally; and the gossips
Of the neighborhood insisted that queues figures and
chld's hand had been found IN MS mousse bey thsW
ont the euggestion that they would probably burn him
alive nc persisted in denying that ne had angt 10 90
that no fate could be than that and accordingly
confessed guilt. Whereupon he was taken INTO CUSTODY
and put on trial before magistrate Here he reversed
his plea asserting that he had made sha confession
only 10 escape the fury ana bisOry Of hs neigh
bOIs.
correspondent of The London Times, who
was sufficiently interested in the details OF tie election
10 90 10 the polling places in this city and take notes
during the day, recOunts this incident; "A voter III
sisted In spite OF all Inconsistencies on challenging lhc
others vote on the ground that he had bern betting
about the result OF the elections. He bad, however,
very e,sy remedy; he had only 10 pcjure himself ana
swear on the Bible that he had not Deltc Az he s1he,
he evidently did like the process, ana tOOK th boo
nb snmswhot anxious face and unsteady hand, as
he were unplcasantly III the dark ABOUT itS nh,uh al
propertes and did not know whether u Sh NOT pe 50
onstncted as to explode when touched by hls lying W
The not only peJunS himself pu. heM h,Sni,
However anything better than losing his vote aud
so took the oath IN the prescrDed io % anu t oaf "i
a less unfamiliar kind mingled with threats OF wla ne
would do 10 his chdengerlt he ever caught MN on'
A few months ago retail merchants III san
Francisco Virginia CITY, and other cities on the Pacihc
sope were unwilling take the trade dollar al Valua
ton NJ 90 cents In the mining districts they were com
oed 10 regulate the value OF the trade dollar artnciay
Inv agreeing not 10 IL over their counters except
at certain discount Spectators were quick 10 take
advantage of the depreciation OF the Iades S psS
a. them mn FOR the China and Japan trade and WIN
dr9yying them from circulation The rise IN silver ia
london has brought them up 10 par ana Us nov
,hat thev will command q premium IN san francisco
before long On Dec the rate OF SILVER per hilui. ,
ounce j6d being an advance IN ~ inc os scarity of
of iOd from the quotations Oi July ~, me rscd
Ine silver In LONDON and San Francisco the hereased
demand from China ana the East Indies, Tue dIlshGu
, the Pacific coast and the action OF Germany ~
refusing 10 sell silver under 0od-' all point W Ao"
advance in this coin =, -,
The exposure of spiritualist mediums mas
hooo,ne as common an incident England as II was Ill
tbe limited States last Summer. In one respect nov"
vr the RpplIsbman does better than the American nc
docs not rest content with laying bare the mpug; ne
6rao the fpostor INTO the police court ABOUT sixteen
d,vs ago william Lawrence was charged al inc lhhmeS
Police Court with obtaining shilling from Clerk py
subt,e craft and devices At the seance the hGure W
'Cnrk the curtain anu blePPOu Into
thr middle of the room. It was draped III Wmlc io i
head fo foot aud had turban on Its head Inc ceiA
rose suddenly and wound his stout arms arounu .ho
ost and the two struggled across the room tOWau .o
snrf3n where the Hight of lamp outside the house
bae in and the features Of the medium were rcVeaeu
- an Won impostorV cried the clerk releasing nli
nonf expOse me. for the sake OF my wlic ana
80 ta yrhispered reply The clerk took pains 10 pros
ecufe the swinder. In the United Sates Ihe sr
ri lie eourts rs seldom set in motion IN such cases me
r,e is moi considered worth the candle Ine ltnpostor
neaks ont OF town. changes his name anu Dngs OUT an
otber stock of "psychc manifestations III tnc heA'
town. =, ~,
Tunnel Hill, Ga. The train on the western
ond Atlantic Railroad had stopped at a small station
and beautiful young gentleman, with linen duster'
mustache god-headed stick pair OF tight boots ana
smile had led into the blushing damsel OF To-
with rav Wishing hat and piece OF courtplaster under
pcaih her lovely mouth They took seats gazed AZ ecn
other smiled and talked and every old gossp IN tng @ tn
nal her eve upon thein He opened DgoA anu @ ~. NH
nases willie sbe looked the window IunneI hii
Ea IN sight The train dashed through I so0uyn ues %
-,r darlness When the other ehd OF lhe tunpvI We
escied she was looking out Of the window, whue no