New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-10
GENERAL NOTES.

The Chinese do not seem to have an intuiu|e
idea Of the sancti;y Of oath consular Ollie hoy
who had been the sr;icoIine yearn' vas l9oah ."r
something winch he evidently could not ma an" was
ASKED what II was. "The consul j. g'uG tn nv % "''
this morning he replied, aud ;'g t'"AuS l'4 '"e
little book he makes the WitEcsse, smell
While the Quapaws were dancing around
large bonfire al Puwluska, Indian Territory, me n.l.
late in October suuaw suddenly broke away from the
circle and when only a few feet from tie wing fell tu t
ground dead The medicine men ~ 'he laau at "n.y
assembled and after couinunlh- WIN t!c ".tft oi'i'.
informed the ex tied sayases that am dIaH woman '
died close by the year before, ant lie, sr1i had -. .-
side OF The latc ,s r and EArd her oN ilr spot 4a D"
d oS Tecord in' most '''-'' "''''' " '''
Woman's progress in industrial ant has been
illustrated so vel al the Centennial Pavilion thlt many
spectator has rubbed his Cyss and nu.nb!cd IN d.
sleeve: "What is to become Of tie il women are
learning 10 compete with them in crcrythnsf INC
Ne,c Ccaluy Jor Women rctorts at,rr tic iaHE
fashion with another question; "Ntat is 10 hcron. q"
Tue women. II these avenues az ny open 70 ih'f
Now that teaching, lh al save Inc hi'''.'' ''s ID CON-
almost as starvation work az scv.uc t7'd - "o, az"
that sewing uslc.ucs are passing l-i' r htno ~ .
that keep boarding lousc= aa1 keep thtH "rl
what is lett
The exchancc-table shows that ;he mania .or
raitlesnaLe tales win which The American press has
been afflicted for several months has -2,dcd although
aiew sporadic c5o,s sim reported ia To vicinity Of
the Rocky Mountains, and that dog stories arc no" o.
have their day In Denver COLI for iHs:l there Is
pos-oice and turns with be Iall. t@., 'uA li"l" mo
nkInan, pill up kudliug wood or the hea;t, observes
ard has faculties OF all kinds. T."u tn.r" do M
Troy thai sings when lis mistress plays al dcc'nlahl-
Meut on the piano.
The unpleasant controversy that has in
periied Grads Request to the orphans u Philadelphia
has been brought 10 an end by the decision o judges
Pierce, Allison and Biddle rendered last Saturday H.
the Court Of Common Pleas. When IN" city accepted
this bequcst agreed among other things 70 preserve uu-
broken the splendid property on which the institution
Obligations still binding, AID thai the college grounds
nus not be mu,.lscd Cor The sax. 81 oIen,Hs Wchtl
unrdst OF STRENGTHENING Girait-dy" Inc trustees en-
erect JUlnss the lines OF tie scnVrs and the
eontuacOr8 and spccuatOls may "s "c "DaAuVH theif
streetOpeLius Jobs.
The San Francisco Nc,rs letter cells a pleas
tale of a iarDer'a wife Bind Guich, who went
TO town 10 buy muscboX something Of he sort for
The girls home She nd 500 ucd up IN a handEcr-
chief and attached to the Highlands which formed her
hustle After she had looked at dozen or more pianos
she remarked TO the cicrL: you can't fool me with no
planners has smooth legs Ike that. I'll have olh
cdIyed die first" The astute manager sigualed 10 q
musician to tI5 rchy-caTed square grand, but the
protested that oidn't want funeral music II h,r
house. There was a change Of ms'rdn'li' and, wat
was more important, Il new TINS IAe MullE4
Guards' The Ole lady delighted. IL was thc Aind
Of box as would suit Tie gals" She bought Il.
An American correspondent Of The London
Times, who las been making special study Of social
HE on this side Of the Atlantic gives amusing in
Stances OF NEtL ne calls national sc-tlFCuCSS lie
says that with housekeeping women the Enssbman j.
an object Of downright dread in America and rcccs This
Instance; An English friend, who a,nuses himself by
gong about the country foot and IT, therefore,
times hard pushed 10 find quarters for the night told
me that at one farm the daughter Of the house (he
mother atterw.rd laughngIy BETRAYED herl had posi-
uNcy protested with tears against a Establishments be-
INC admitted into the place because Size SAID hc WIS
sure TO mahr everybody uncomfortable hv turning up
hs nose al, aud finding fault with, everything. Every
pouy know, md Gregds that tyne Of tfavocr-uuiyCr,.
no Doubt, OUt ,fil fear more c-prc1ly Euri.sh-WnO
thinss eye.y abroad good or bad lust "a, n b. Tx. or
uhiEe villa o. has known all his Dr.. al nome ILgNc
tne, InFee or Tour ucE Ing slmW during uy short la,
"i wondered what can DE The malicious C'-
NO. that Prompts such travel" Well, must Dee
tItJssyI gag hr'c are hali-Srcd American as Wei 40
Aai-bred English travellers.
Missionaries evidently have not given ex-
aggcrsed accounts Of the crcdulty and degradation O.!
the Chinese character soocbow and other communities
ere now paralyzcd with terror over eats rats paper
hgufes ana ogrcs Of all kinds, aud the Chinaman
haontec being. Even IN Shanghai superstition Is wide
spread About tie middle 81 September "a respectable
hauve was aroused night by a great cutlery in
mouse only two doors from his own INSIDE the north gate
ora cy. fOuF young men were sleeping IN one room,
anu about two three O'Clock the door suddenly opened
snu n glided gigantic figure, In human FORM with
s saua mead and enormous hands. 10 advanced with
sMH steathy steps 20 the bed Of Of the young
anu assaulted him most brutaly, CdWing his body with
I great paws until the flesh WAS reduced TO ic,y. His
olurAdes started M simultaneously 10 protect their com
thc mysterious figure staikcd the door
a. silently had entered, leaving the victim helpless
sh0 bleeding. The worthy COM TadOrc. who was
InOned to the house found the wounded man I'm urcca-
rOus condition There was not the Slightest doubt about
the aggravated nature OF his wounds although there WAS
ample ground for skeptcism concerning thcr supcrna
ra origin. Incidents like this have caused intense OK
0tement among the lower classes.