New-York tribune., 1877-08-22
GENERAL NOTES.

,oond in Germany and England for
.o,s ~ the Colorado beetle is 40 large tna' au "''
~, nrlv has been stimulated IL Is sa'u '"a' ~
- factory in Cologne specimen OF 'lo s"S"'
rsoh bcars strong resemblance 10 the r'N"ks "See
V, Caado and Colorado was discovered nouei woo
s..,hwav made of the interesting creature ""0n W
root hox was offered for sale 10 cu.ivh"s 'hs
closed IN drmands have been so numerous Una, tue
pubic hardly be supplied fast enough no ie"er t"n
oaeo peeNS ' boxes having been exported 10 bhHanu
w. .Io Hosnital of st. John Lateran, Rome
-, was recently admitted while suffering from ny
pron,a II was hopeless case; the man was eVl-
living: superstition began where medicine lett OIL
49, rroduced piece OF cord worn by ST. Domehico'
"a directed that IL should be STEPPED ana the wafer a."
ipistered to the sufferer, IT was an infaihoe r'es
,n cases Of hydrophoba. This was aceoroineH Nohe'
Int the cord had lost its efficacy, for the paent ueu
shortly after The fatal result aid not emu ,5e i sha
the disciple Of ST. Domenico He was ndnSnba %
st have been some other disease and not ny
for the cord could not iali! =.
Gen. f. A. Walker article In 1he Ihterhduo"".
Rer,r lust published. upon the display OF goous anu
o ~ Tho philadelphia Worlds Fair, last year, points
ont the gratifying fact that in seVera Proninon. P.
mechanical specaltes the lougesaDhshed supremacy -
,bis country is easily shown to be unimpalfed' III
reaners locks sofas and sewngmachines America ieu'
the world while in scales for commerciai USE "'n.
walker saws that "tme and recent invention nave no
,uas. the superiority of American goods Inc rs
80 80 was founded at st. Johnsbury forty years
sco nor only maintains the positive merit Vi ~ v, ,he
dnctions, but ships its goods to every 9u"i'o4 " w.
globe Y>:o 4bo
There is nothing like red tape. during 'he
ocoa.o,oent between the British ships Amethyst anu
shah and the Peruvian ironclad Huascar sneh s"u0
a turret of the rebel ram, wherein the cum
auder Of the vessel and his first officer were stand
pg In Lis report to his superior officer the lieutenant
reminds him Of what was probably quite fresh IN his
,neuorv: shell falling the second angle from the
bow port side about four inches above the bridge and
smashing part OF the woodwork which connects IT win
the latter tore away part Of the baustrade and starting
+be copass glass some spnters OF which with others
Of wood entered the turrct. caused your ENctehcy W
he slightly wounded III the left hand ana fragment
Of this she'll after losing its force through strikmg
something else previously, Toll up M inc ubuelSSneu
left cheek. with but little injury"
The valley south of the Balkan, where Gen.
Chouro lost 900 men in rereatng before the colGmns
of is the centre of the remarkable species
NJ horticulture in the wOrd-Oar OF roses The Musse-
man tradition assigns the origin OF the rose to the nght
ofMahomets journey Heaven The white roses sprang
from the drops Of sweat which fell from the forehead OF
the prophet himself in oisome ascent the sweat OF
Borak the miraculous animal he rode gave birth to the
yellow ones While the celestial drops which fell from
Gabriel we're the source Of the red The appearance
NJ the neighbOrhood Of Kasank would favor suspicion
that the heavenward journey must have sorey tired the
Archaugel: and Count Won MOltke, WHO was well ac-
0uapt. with Bulgaria and the Balkans, has styled tne
saey OF the unda the Ca hmerc Of Europe the TURK
h Culisf9n the land OF roses" Roses are not grown
there i'm isolated patches but in helds ana ru8e> as IL
hey 10 better than potatoes