New-York tribune., 1877-06-26
GEAERAL NOTES.

The head of one of the oldest families in
In sIand has barricaded himself Fieetst,
London, and vii. not anybody He has adopted the
practice OF ordering pair OF boots every day.
hole nas made the door OF hi, and when
the tlitdcsnan IN 2c' tie measure FOOT D. thrust
ont but shoemaker never sees his customers face
A young lady in Albany went up stairs to
her room sunday night, and before ocking tie door
looked under the he'd TO IL there any there
There was somebody there. II was man With re-
markable presence Of mind she quietly walked down
stairs to give the alarm and the intruder arrested
Ever since the Garden WAS planted gentle woman
nj dc il point lOok every eht for man under her
ned Her iii secretion and prudence have at last been vim
dicated.
Mrs. Ruth b. S0uthworth Of Plymouth, Mass,
was hundred years old yesterday. she is quite deaf
but threads fine needles and without using speca-
ces She does the housework Tor herself and her son.
and planted her garden last Spring She took her
first dose OF medicine last year..Mrs Catherine Evans
has recently been visiting her greatgranddausher az
Mendoza, Ill The old lady is now lO7 years old reads
witLUut the aid OF spectdcles, walks 10 church. ahd
always IN good spirits.
While the English yacht Osborne was round
ing the north coast Sicily Juue the officer Of the
watch q long ridge Of fms each about six feet long
moving slowly through the or. He called for tel
escope ana To! it was the soserpoBt. The head was
bullet-shaped. six feet in diameter, and not unlike
seals It's features by Ouly officer VINO
described them like those Of an alligator Tie meek
was comparatively narrow, but so much OF the boa! IS
could bc seen was shaped like a turtles. The BRUSH
marines viii be anxious To learn why this monster WIS
padding along near surface al tne sea- Inc sA
plauatIOn il at hand. Two weeks eltilera suDinahe
volcano got out Of JOINT IN the Gnf OF Tunls ahd u, %
turbance below water may nave stirred up tny ssa,g
pen which, when seen, was only lOO mics NVui '"o
scene OF the eruption.
A number of pilgrims from England and Ire
land arrived recently Monaco on the way 10 hohc
and many Of them, from motives Of curiosity stV.ei
into the Kursaa 10 watch the gamblers at the taoea
An enthusiastic pilgrim, thinking that il would DC ven
to improve the occasion by missionary effort began
homy on the sin Of gambling. when he VAS redue'ea
10 leave the room lie declined 10 do declaring ta' Nv
ba. a mission from heaven 10 purge Monaco VI s 'lee
The attendants proceeded 10 eject h but De SUI
denly drew revolver and fred at the manager Of l'
rooms fortunately missing him. The proprietor oi lH'
gmbl NJ tables himself a devoted OF the church On
eanng that the of nder pilgrim, naShanihiv,s
refused 20 haud him over to the police, uut ti%s' %
him to retIrn to his hotel aud depart Win us Ieu
pilgrims Tor the Holy CITY.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson has made slnSu-
lar appeal to the thinking class IN America lIv'9
are said TO be 100000 OF unemployed persons III ''
United States. How does II happenl Is tleIc w
remedyi Can anything be douc :or these mhiioAs' $50
cannot answer these questions. but she summon'the WV
aud the good TO furnish a solution To that end sns 0H
three premiums OF 500 IN gold one OF SO
500 for the best newspaper articles of about 2oOV"o
upon some feature OF the "Labol Question eohsiue."
IN It's widest scope These articles are to be Ssh.' "
some nom plume. and sent 10 the ohce OF Iht L ~
Table before the lst OF October, ana the aware, sa
made by ~ committee to be appointed D) tie .,s m
Social Science Association ut its meeting al 20
September. She reserves Tue tlght oI aoVcls.e,
any OF the essays which may not receive the pFen'a
The Panama files contain accounts oil ''o
surrender of the Peruvian ironcad Huasoar Oh INC
Dor of Iquique May 30. On the morning Oh 'no -
shots we're exchanged between the Huasear' whe" -
turreted ram, and the ironclad Indepondenea D'"
armored frigate. The engagement lasted au pV"'
/ half at rife range. and the Huascar escaped huei
Of darkness This was not only the trst naval ensas
ment In the revolutionary history OF Peru; twas r1.
the rst encounter between ironclads On the fAoiH'