New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-26
GENERAL NOTES.

The monument to Virgil Will soon he erected
s,Maoiua. The subscription list is nearly full
bullet-proOf passenger-car weighing $500
,oupds has been built at York. PENN for the Spanish
government for use in CGba
The ex-Mayor of New-Y York, who is now seek
,,grcs ouet and oblivion in London, is styled by the
dlgpncd metropolitan journals, 40 X. Hall. gentle
man who rather went in for artistic tastes. literature
and speech MAKING
An anti-vivsection meeting in Edinburgh a
to,tngh ago was dismal failure. band of medical
students opened the proceedings by singing " John
Browns body" and "To night Wen merry. merry be,
with an of bones and castanets and when
the lecturer appeared they barked like dogs squealod
Ike guinea pigs, crowed like cocks. and mooed Ike
cows until the poor mans voice was drowned out
The Berlin gorilla is going to London for a
abort season His name is Pongo, and he is the only
gentleman OF his race Europe His education has been
completed at the Berlin Aquarium. lie drinks claret
and water. turns handsprlngs, swings on trapeze
drums on the floor chases little dog and behaves like
gentleman. His very graceful, especially
when he occasion to drink with his little cousin
the chimpaDZee. POngO looks ike hte coIoIcu po''
and his hands arc quite soft and pretty.
COL II. w. Higginson believes in the higher
education of and has laborcd early ana lae IN
behalf Of woman suffrage. He makes this little remark
IN IN, Woman's Journal "No woman in America has
been so poted by the public for along series OF years as
Anna Dickinson and she repaid that Kindness by many
o, apreas for right and truth. If now she wishes TO
exchange that laurel for another be So IL she Is SI
in her sel;estmste, she is sure OF her triumph bt t
re- ~ i'm any case, aside to hur ephets az those
Tho simply announce that the new laurel not yet Won
The Examiner advises the Ritualistic follow
er Of Martyr Tooth to to New-York instead OF Rome
ain York" 1t saws there are fftyfour Episcopal
ceIcymen, each Of whom says and does much as he
n.ases certainly bishop is willing or dares To make
bin afraid II clergyman has the majority OF his con-
ati0n on his side he is beyond control whether nc DC
Rroa venerable Bishop Potter
rad the most difficult diocese in the Protestant Episcopal
Church to regulate, and has succeeded in holding the
clergy and together where another preale
wonld have failed federation. and not intimidation has
been his policy and the wisdom O his course Is now gem
orally acknowledged
Edward Baker of Rome Township, Michigan,
was accused by his grandmother year ago OF stealing
gold silver. and greenbacks. The circumstantla evil
dnce was strong against him that many OF his feds
advised Kim to plead guilty and although he persisted
In maintaining his innocence, great pressure was
brought TO bear TO make him confess the crime. lie
steadily denied however any knowledge OF inc missing
money and the jury failed 10 convict him. Mrs BroohS
TO her dying day accused her grandson OF having com
t;ed the robbery, and the suspicion has rested upon
him all these years. she bequcathed to nelghbOr
rornhusk mattress bed-tick, and on opening II ne
found bag containing Sl2 in gold so IN gieohnachs,
some silver and $3.50 in notes. This incident SHOWS
how foolish il is to have q grandmother; or II one must
have one, how unsafe it is for her to keep cornuSk
mattress
stands terra Gotta bust 1.-THE Nations Ward" IL ls
onyte shining morning face of the schooboy the saucy
eountcpance OF the contrabands looking out with
happy confidence from under the old army cap that SO
tersey expresses the power that sent him to school BIT
I'm that simple figure is expressed the attitude OF the Ola
and new North toward the new South The recall OF the
CARPET Dagger may 90 down i'll history as the beginning
of an epoch from which the South dates her virtue and
enduring prosperity; but that will only be because
the public school becomes permanent institution OF to
soil when the national arms made Southern territory
free land the did not confer either ntelgenee or
uDOn the emaucipated slave ~ opened the
road 10 the schooOuse-that is all The shortcomings
OF rnl, bear witness 70 the KIND OF eaucaOm t
slavery gave bin. New wine uust be put INTO new po-
lee In sefdefense the South must begin TO educate
her poor whites and make the nations ward hcr OWL
Professor of Classical and English Litera-
ture and graduate OF Princeton Theological Seminary So
hcits patronage rs writer and composer. His work en-
braces editing OF books reviewing of original compost
lions or criticism compilation transcribing ana perfect
ing OF MSS Of all kinds, preparation OF Original essay s.
lectures sermons speeches. ana oratiOns 1Or ali occ
sons-poitical included special feature Is memorial
acrcscs aud other poems, for wedding burial orthhy
anniversary. holiday, inaugural and Installation occa
,ous He delicatoy says in his printed CIRCULAR AS
avery ars,n desires suitable and beautiful memorial OF
their dear ones deceased invite particular attention to
the acroscqi pOen What be more in Keeping WIN
good taste What can bc more appropriately becoming
What can chastely beautiful than poem oIiehy
biography OF the VI
his or her yirtucs and the time their names n
ieywoypn I'm the warp and wOOt OF the composition AZ
once a memorial biography, and eulogy Ana whist IL
Is fitting tribute the Gead 1t Is source OF eM
satisfaction aud sOlace to the sofrOW-stIchch
te mOnrn;r" III there be no market lot acioscs nv 10
willing 20 read proofs for metropolitan paper AcVo
oil hmen;s so varied, &c. &c. NO charge
The whole of the great Temple OF Heus at
Olympia is now cleared from soil and important auui
tons are being made every week to the museums OF
sculpture and inscriptions. correspondent OF INC
Academy describes these Oympian sculptures as possess
ing neither the grace the careful finish OF Tue
thenon statues ct easy to point out faults III tne
and in many respects they give shock 10 the notoS VI
art which we have formed from the works OF the SOUP
tors who represent the orthodox line of descent But INC
originality ard boldness OF execution produce hst sur
prise aud next delight and finally fcclns that "IceA
art is a wider thug than we had supposed Inc rag
nen,s of the Eastern and Western pediments are ue
.cbed in detail All these sculptures the WORKS Oh 'no
cotemrorares Of Phidas were elaboratcy shetchou w
Pausanias He made mistake. In describing 'no
sculptured group the eastern pedinent he pu.s n
met on The head Of Tnomaii. OF the prlhclpa Sos
IN the chariot race TIE German dggcrs have discOTleu
that IL was PelOps who had the hemel, anu 1e n 70
mails wore band around his head faIo'.iIia $500 nc
have BEEN on the whole tOerdhy accure 80 tyas
well as an intelligent traveller ana thiS A''io '"P ~
Probably al instance of neterOpheiny'
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