New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-18
GENERAL NOTES.

1Io-a ia the irreverent, not to say mall ci0us
,..dne given by The CaeHnGts Commereai to recent
D. rom The Walton "The Woodstock Farce as Seen
en- the Crystal Walls OF the Empyrean Palace OF the Ce
iestial organ"
The I.vnde Brook Reservoir disaster has cost
,,s CITY OF Worcester about S30OOOo The awaiuS ior
res amounted to S16s. 900 the repairs TO bridges
"a troe.s involved an outlay of 100000 The new dam
s $50 600 tho expense OF pumping was s2oOOOi ana
mere we're lsw bills and many other items
Very little has been heard of the mltr1-
sipce the Franco German war. Some of the Turk
- -unloats on the Danube and Black Sea have been
sr,oe6 with them, and have found them to be of more
&C IN resisting the attacks Of torpedo launches than
moe powerful and less easily handled guns inc British
Toncads supplied with two OF three 3a'nsS' d. "'
~ Latest type Of the mitraleuse Is called
The new Methodist Hymn Book, prepared
=, omsittee of the General Conference. completed,
has been accepted by the Board Of Bishops. 1t con
tps $50 hymns, Of which two birds were taken from
he old manual For the selection OF the 400 new hymns
sope l. 500 HYMN books were consulted and caretniy
Dnoafed Every hymn the collection has been tracer
s 10 is original source and in most cases the Original
version has been restored
There is to be a reform in watering-place
.orrespondsuce. A gentleman sends from Rockbrdge
.un, springs TO The Richmond Enquirer this startling
rncuncemeut: my journalistic ideas are not advanced
enough 10 consider ladies' features names and millinery
,,~timate subjects for newspaper comment" The IN"
r falls into line behind its correspondent: mo true
81 can possiby be gratiHed vt microscopic reporo-
sol exhibit OF her paner pleatings folds, fri Is and nut
10 lbe society which teleraes such senseless and
i5,.idv and bred sy brass" A curious world viii now
Zen IFS eve on the Richmond public 10 see whether IL
will take the other paper.
T. G.. Sihler Fellow Of the Johns Hopkins
University started the Pathological Convention last week
with an essay on correspondence and journal
Ism In an elaborate paper entitled "A Comparative Re
Wow of the Accounts OF scAyLus and Herodotns OF the
Battle OF salaras aud Succeeding Events he ntmated
that ancient editors and reporters occasionally gave
nartssn 70 their correspondence, and made
clippings without giving credit TO the real authors ana
that HerodoHs had genius for the pastepot ana
shears He sought to refute tine view OF the SUBJECT
ken by Grot but more especially the popular and ae
.snt4d account OF that famous naval battle, in which
re Greeks under TbemistOces, defeated and almost de-
.roved the Persian feet in the year $50 b. c. as mar
rated by Herodotus. In doing tins h referred 10 the
tetf. IF research and composition pursued ny
ue-oiols and showed that that ancient writer he'd IL
sis duty On hand down. but net 10 believe Herodotus
a.. NOT learned investigator but gatherer and chrOn
tier of traditions He always non-commtta
also that the traditions OF that time were cOlJred by
serranl feeling the influence Of different factions
Mr. She presented some ingenious arg lnents 10 no"
tint U-rod0tus. while ignoring mention OF HscIN
In was really acquainted with ais VIKINGS and hence
The inference would be that he gave partisan account OF
fhe battle drawing largely tnc dramatiss more
truthful description, anu thus leaving wrong impression