New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-22
GENER4L NOTES.

Two Peculiar People in Walsall, Eng, had
child who iay sick OF congestion of the brain ana daf-
rbna Their neighbOIs urged them to summon physi
clan but they replied that against their Conscience
rs they wished TO trust in the Lord. They were Wiling
tocompromise with their conscience TO the extent OF
giving tbe little innocent brandy and arrOwroot The
bsby died from excess If brandy and arrow00I OF 'cE
Of faith, or from other causes
The Fifth Annual Meeting of the American
Public Health Association will be held next week in Chr
oago The most important group Of questions 20 Do dis
cussed relates sanitary topography ana the ysteac
drainage aud sewerage OF cities and villages There
no subject which should command more attention than
this and vet the association viii meet and adjourn as
has done four times before without arousing he interest
Of tho pubic There Is only one way IN "' ,,,f ho
cans can educated IN sanitary science " mus' 10
taught III the public schools ana colleges
Sir Wilfrid Lawson gave a humorous ac-
count of the party machinery Of the House o Commons
when he was run to earth and forced to make speech
nj the recent dinner OF the Cumberland and Wcstmore
land Agricultural Society lie said that each party iiad
a whip who calls his hounds together when he wanted
them A little circular WAS sent out III the morning loi
the political hounds TO assemble. Ihdt circular WIS
worded something like this -" You are earnestly re-
Guesed 70 attend Ia the House Of Commons ibis evening
when business OF such and such nature comes OIL II
the circular was without dash stroke under the WCtd
earnestly" 1t meant there was some business which
might come IN the house, bnt Il there WIS one o'sh
under the word " earnestly" II meant ION Ou2hl 10
come :" n there were two meant on rnuuu cone
A. tbere three, meant " NOu must come plt II
four, u me ant Come, or STAY away NJ 9"u' P''''
The most ludcIOus figure on the battle
field Of Pieyna was Gen oil VIC commanded the
ThirtetA Division Uutil the firing began ana 'h'h SIC
daddled as Americans would say Mr J. IbeS i %
charitable rs 10 intimate that II was not co"mthce
which prompted the Generals abrupt WITHDRAWN rom
the scene II action Tie correspondent writes that the
old soldier must have lost bis head ather than ms heart
Tie story goes that the Grand Du"e sent him away "h
aAne xurc OF arbitrary assumption ~ profound med
zeal knowledge and Of genuine kindly feeling Tor 81
der IN misfortune. " Observe That you are very Ill.,
and that there is 10 chance u your recovering your
health VIII out returning e. Russia" But your I'M
penal Hieiuess an net I'D 40 ALL never N"S hetef
Ia my ifel" ALLOW me- please, 10 know better can
zee you alug SERIOUSLY, ana must lec"lhMe'u ~"
10 recover your health lu the bosom Of }Out ialliy
David Dudley Fields eminent talents are APP
prccated m the South. The HtcOrieoHS IiHeS remarks
that it the great case OF Triton against BeecHeI
that Mr. Fields extraordinary ycitathE as an "i'oi
ney shone in SIS most rcspcudant ray" his lertiy
ofexpedient" II adds. was inexlaustible. lie moral
ized about women a. MichGet might have done or as
Rsbela did three centuries earlier. Ills gloomy periods
finer than Baudeaircs, willie his delicate touches
full Of pathos and the lovecst sentiment were never
surpassed ty DeMusset in his hap-st days lie alter
natey talked law like Porter mingled DIS tears with
those Of shearman." The 1lon-Beecher case was not
% Big public nuisance it might Layc been FOR Mr.
teld was in II The Ouiy bit ~ French literature
~ tho trial Mr.. Tt0us little po-n French wilma
tcarce.y be said - combine tnc b u quaiiic5 Ol
hiohelet, Radicals, Baudea!re and Alfred Dc1usafi.
Mysterious is a woman's way. Several weeks
ago. lady, with a bright face and pleas ng manner Gle
ganty dressed arrived in Columbus. o. and after break
fasting a hotel went staton-honse to apply for
lodging She was given % cell the first l0or with tie
privilege Of the prison. aei she immediately began TO
brighten the lives Of poor prisoners. She made de
osye onslaught the c0cJ0achcs and The bcdbugs by
kcrubbng cell again and again when the woodwork
was neat soap and coud make 20, She hung
come pictures on the walls, and every day She has bou
quet OF fresh flowers She has books in her cell, and
eometmes she taxes short walk. bat whenever there is
anything 10 be done for prisoner she s ready 10 90
~ When drunken woman rs brought m ana laid on
the hoor strange lady buss herself during tire uig1t
I'm bathing the poor creatures head rubbing her hands
and feet aud bringing hei % ler better self The ex
pense " the city OF keeping his mnseng angel IN it
PRISON l. not great; she lives ON bread and wat-r
III. Greyy, TO whom the leadership of tho |
french Republicans has fallen by reyorsion first became
conspicuous In the Constituent Assembly Of I54s where
lie proposed this amendment 10 the Constitutions "Ihe
assembly delegates tie executive power TO citizen, who
See'ss the Title VI President Of the Council Of Minis