New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-14
GENERAL NOTES.

In these DAYS of life insurance panic it is q
comfort 10 find company OF which the examining Oh
ncers can speak so explicitly aud heartily they do of
the Proviaent Life and Trust Company OF Philadelphia
II seems to he a comparatively small institution thor
ong1iy we'll ur.anized and managed most prudent
and conservative Quakerlike principles
Quoth The Saturday Rerie,g 1: "Ihe kelloggs
and the Packards are not perhaps, satisfactory states
men, but they approach much more nearly to the highest
American type than the fetsh-wOrshiping savages
from whom they are descended on their continent
Africans irrccaimabe but after two or three
generations scrvtudo they begin to resemble inferior
Europeans" That is to say carpethagger Is an ATT
can color line color ihe, troops or no troops ti
tecnth Amendment tue rhiry-nlne articles elght 10
seven OF seven 10 eight
II was an interesting coincidence that The
grening Post should have printed on It's second page
Yesterday an article The Ethics of journalism" IN
which various papers were mildly iectured for taking
articles from he Epening without credit and on its
third mage an article OF considerable Importance ON the
determinations against NewYork in steamship ircghts
which was crbbed. tables aud ALL from THE TRIBUNE;
Rut this is an old story THE TRIBUNE IL TOO wen useu
10 it to think The Posts course in any way renalkaoe
The official delegation of wOrkmen, COM
posed OF members of the Associated Trades unions OF
France sent last year TO the Centennial E4binon' are
about closing their lsbOrs They have written large
number Of reports American exhibits selecting the
best example in each class One of these rcpors-that
relative h. spool cotton and fine yayns-is published IN
another column 1t is gratifying to learn that these
French experts decided after careful Observation
tic C0mpany of Hartford, Conn., manufactures a quail
fy of spool cotton superior to that of the British
Laura ID. Fair, stock broker, OF San Fran
CISCO has been sued by Lizzie G. Adams speoulator'
Amount at stake So $50 In October, 1865, according
TO the complaint Fair received 81 200 to be invested
in stocks and gave a receipt for the same she pur-
chased 800 shares OF Imperial and held them until
March, 1876 when she sold them for - share MAKING
profit of 81 $50. Between the dates mentioned she
paid $780, assessments ON the stock. the pahtih
charges Mrs Fair with having converted the money
placed in her hands 70 her use. Mrs Fair admits
that sbe received the 81 200 from Mrs Adams IN
friendly way to invest in stocks hut she denies buying
ments or converting any money belonging 10 Mrs Adams
10 her use. The money advanced oy mrs; ADAMS
E Esa 1Tik l" N0''"'n crown 0'"'' 0'''' ''
The worst boy in the Morris Primary School,
Philadelphia swore last Wednesday with emphasis
and malice aforethought. The acting principal,
Miss Myers seized her rattan. and, bouncing
upon the dopraved urchin, let it fall upon
his back again and again. Every time che struck
him. he capered the air and shouted, "l mash you
In the head" Then she caught him by the wrist and
dragged him up and down the room. Meanwhile the
worst boys mother had been summoned by the worst
boys little brother and she appeared in the doorway
with niue-tas; and when she saw the worst boy
on the floor with the angular scho0lulsress bending
over him. she sprang 10 the rescue ana struck tne schoo
mistress right and left the shoulders The mother u
the worst boy arrested for assault and pately'
won't" the defiant response, unless they beat
of my children again
The plans of the Permanent Exhibition Com
pany of Philadelphia have been seriously dcrangcd by
the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court
in the Centennial appropriation case large portion OF
the eapa OF the company consists OF Centennial STOCK,
winch was estimated at ITS face value on the strength oil
the decision OF Circuit Court TO the effect that the
stockholders were preferred creditors. When the
81 100000 returned TO the United states Treasury IN
accordance with the decision Of the higher court ana
the outstanding obligations cancelled, the shares OF
Centennial stock viii not be worth 25 cents dollar,
II so much The Permanent Exhibition, however, viii
not abandoned. although the original prog anime may
be modified in many respects. The president OF the
company has made an urgent appeal to the citizens Tor
sdIonai subscriptions the women have gone to work
van a will, and the success Oh tne LXIDltCh 10 no
opened May 10 to be well assured The decision
OF the Supreme Court is great disappointment 10 fhli
adephs, but 1t Is taken with good grace " eccentric "
is the strongest term applied 20 IT,
Not all the her0nes are IN the castles OF
SPAIN one Of them works in cotton factory in Bar
celona Twenty years ago she entered the mills girl OF
ls and she has cOntrved 70 out Of her earnings
enough 70 build a house worth 5000, which is very
substantial property herself aud her children Her
living expenses have been Gght her wages have been
fair her economy has been constant quantity French
working people have had better reputation for thrl
than Spanish or the Irish peasanty, but The Lo"o
Ees disposed question the correctness OF this 1udg
ment and says Southern people as rule are snguaIy
frugal and saving when they removed. even by one
degree, above tie demoraizing influence OF sheer
beggary. Even in the Irish peasantry the same ten
dency may be observed; and the Irish have, we need
hardly say IN ia with the Spanish II used
10 be accepted conventional belief that kTench W0k
lug people, too strikngly frugal ana saHig PM
soIne grlmy realistic literary efforts to illustrate very
oinerent condition Of things"
The recent duel in Egypt has been incor-
recty attributed TO the tact that the Marquis dc Com
He'd DT presidency
OF the Geographical Society and had spoken sghLngy
OF his predecessor to Mr. Meyer The quarrel at
masked ball there in the case. The Mar
gus struck Mr. Myer in the face and refused TO apollo
se Even after reaching the ground at Cairo MT Meyer
"ouo nave been satisfied the Marquis had expressed
iof the blow 10 Of the seconds he refused 10
90 So the duel proceeded and a bail was lodged III the
'iehcnHSAs shoulder, penetrating to the lung, ana
eventually causing death This duel well illustrates the
IohD"ness OF what known as the code OF honor All
thss one man wanted a slight apology for the blow
al tnal dis adversary wished TO do was 10 prove to tho
word that be not coward lie told his second that
se o not intend 10 return the IRE he went out aud was
Ian! dangers during life Of adventure and Pas repnta-
on lor ply sci courage firmly established that
apology would have destroyed il.
The Richmond liquor dealers are threatening
70 TEST the constutiOnality Of the Mohet BelPunch
Jaw They collected little money last Monday, lis
teneo 10 lawyers speech, agreed that IL would DC wise
70 eoDvoke trade convention. and passed as many as
I'VE resolutions. This law OF the euriosties OF
American legislation To collect a liquor tax machine
Resembling gas meter, combined with registering dial
like that of the EewYork streetcars, has
been Invented by Senator 1t is to be put mp ia every
barroom. and for every drink sold the barkeerer is
CURED 10 work lever which operates the hands the
olal When liquor Is sold 0y in quantities Of
As than i've gallons the lever is 10 be pulled for
han a