New-York tribune., 1877-01-05
GENERAL NOTES.

There is either wholesome public sentiment
In Providence. T. J. else the municipal authorities
OWL lo stock in the street railways. Pows were used
on all the lines after the great storm Oh MOi!ul, Du.
without d,lav large nnUer of men were set 70 WORK
removing Of snow each side OF the TRACKS
The Library Committee of Amherst College
has voted % buy over 5000 worth Of books and to appo
t,op bcr among the various departments, each pro-
fe..or being allowed about $50 worth. The amount is
slnaJ but the idea is Il sound college does not
need an idea library with shelves packed with volumes
which look well but never used. II DEEDS WORKING
library with large number OF copies OF al WORKS 10
which reference Is made IN the ela1s-Tooin; 80 t. @ U
three but every member OF lhe clss eIn ~
keep ce i'll the professor and learn 70 be OfOuEn III
every department Of study. IN nearly every cOIiesc
hr-v mere are too few copies OF the books that are
needed every day and too many youmc3-eslc Any
Fr nch German, Italian, and spanish "ofAs-lna' aio
never used.
Among the inmates of a charitable soup
house IN = Louis is q graduate of Harvard who Is well
souuected il the East He has been unfortunate IN lis
efforts 10 support himself and is too proud 10 write 10 MS
friends and them know now wTetched iauIe nc mas
made since he was graduated He goes out every day ~
search Of work and gets odd job occasionally His
habits are GOOD he Is intelligent; ne is careful OF LIS
pennies and Is striving to save enough 10 take him to
anotbi town The moral right Of man, VINO mas
friend. that are willing 10 help him, 10 iaIl Dack upon
public charity may well be questioned Inc ihcldSnt
howeyer illustrates condition Of American society
which has LOt been known untlI WITHIN loS % ~ 20
Education Is not a. valuable capt4 as ~ wa, "a ~
years ago. easier then for c0lege sls" 70 ~
win immediate than II is now He had on ony & to
go flOu corce TO a village in Western state ana IAe
natural growth Of the town wOnld set MN on hls Ieet
enable him make rapid progress III proessloha .,
business life COlegians VINO dcquiFe eia, Si1ovin
tutue al then university, but VINO are above Iolo"i1s
then fathers calling on farm or I'D SHOP ho" no "a W.,
struggle terribly hard in American clies Eas anu "eS'
70 keep the wolf from the door OF professional NE
Not long ago it was announced that silver
had beer taken from the Mud Springs Waseo county,
Oregon little ar Of romance given 10 the alleged
discovery which may have made IL more attractive III
the ewes OF wealthy Francisco speculators Beng
men Of strong practical turn Of mind however they SET
about satisfying themselves OF the gcnuneness OF the
discovery before investing much Of their money IN H.
For that purpoe samples Of the silver mad were placed
IL the hands o. Prof Thomas Price for analysis lie dis
covered that the mud was 9a4u'u, tii it. ,' III
precious metal 10 contained was tie pup O q u MI.
running silver ana altogether lcfeiE 10 'Le i
Itself Assays made showed that thr sin @ IN co me-
from 500 10 $1,000 per ton III silver BcIOIe Ihah4us
report 70 capitalists Interested ID q ftsu
PROT Prire subjected tie mud 70 reies ol tess "lIc
Demonstrated cOucusifcly thdI lhe dtStu 4o."'t'l
Was bareafei fraud. some ~ tine sHmlI coht3IDcu
gold others chloride Of SILVER others oi'ei HI-'
Crushed quartz was also found Ia some OF the sAinit
vbeh viawed uuder A low-power microscope stoWed
free gold and angular quartz proving tiat the oio ~
paced through "a battery
Commodore OstTOm writes TO IHE TRIBUNE
that the Cornell navy has received formal refsas In an
the challenges sent to the University boat cuDs
OF Oxford and Cambridge. Oxords for declining
IL Il would be impossible 10 get really representa-
tive crew together during long vacation" Cam
bridge gives several reasons the first OF which is the
same as that stated by oxford secondly, by accepting
you're We lay ourselves open to innumeTabe challenges
which We should quite unable 10 meet thirdly, III
haA hitherto invalabe practice 10 row against
versity than Oxford The letter closes A.
folOWs: III II should not he lnc0nseh'ent W you W
the annual Henley regatta we can insure ioI
you there not only cOmpetIOn with the best Englsn
aghts, fours and pairs. but hearty welcome Csp@