New-York tribune., 1877-08-06
GENERAL NOTES.

To invite the Governor General of Canada
the Centennial Celebration Of the Battle OF Bennng
very delicate thing TO do, but the Vermont
Commission seems TO have managedit very nicely Lord
Dufern has acknowledged tle courtesy very pleasantly.
He had already arranged visit Manitoba. and hence
could present bat he has promised 10 send rep
resentatlye. IL Is thought that Mr. Mckenzie may con-
10 attend the banquet and make response for hO
GOyeruOf-General.
Professor Theodore W. Dwight, in letter
to The Chca Herutd contends that of
the old revolutionary fort az Rome Schuyler and not
StanwiX He says that Of the Resolutions Of the
Continental Congress and OF the associations clustering
around the Of the noble and magnanimOus sonuy
rr in these later day. linked the ilustrou
OF Hamilton, there would seem TO Re fitness IN restor-
ing ms memory In the minds N the community lnonu
ment Of which he has been unfairly deprived and to
which be Is most richly entitled.
Frank Buckland was favored with an early
Introduction to the gorilla which has recently arrived IN
London after pid and wearsome journey from Ber-
n The gorilla received his guest after the approved
OF Louis Quatorzen bed. tucked in blankets
like a child The face is very human" writes the nat
urals and black ebony the nose IS very suub'
the lips thick and heavy, but every now and then
pleasant smile lighted mp the countenance OF this sleep
ing beauty. This Twins specimen, though quite young.
convinced that far phys0gnomy alone. the line
between Ow-cdse negro aud thls aEthropompiphous,
man-ke ape, IS indeed small "hen however, We exam
inr the hand. the dldereucc between mOnkey
evident" The gorilla tOlerass human society,
panzee.
A Paris correspondent Of The london Globe
describes one the novelties at the Acazar-a
masked singer. On the opening night man IA evening
dress came forward his face covered with velvet half
mask tho lower part OF his oounieuaBoe disappearing
under natural and wel-grOwn gray beard. He At
TEMPTED To sing the solo from Ia Juye where Eeazer
In prison hesates whether he snail surrender the Car
dlna his daughter OF allow her to be conducted TO thc
stake The man in the mask had toerabe voice. but
nothing beyond the average Ho might have sung sim
ule ballad very sweety but he had evidently undertaken
Too much in selecting an operate piece nc was recos~
nzed and named ~ many Of MS friends amonS the a-
dIence. who ironically appauded and recalled nm IL
is said that the ed singer Is very rich merchant,
VINO made II wager with Trend that ne would ap'sE
masked the stage ot some music hal and sag aohS'
An important fact has been settled by the ex"
perence OF the Boston Free Public Library sci forth IN
the last annual report Of that institution IL is that D0lA'
may be lent IN large numbers for popular reading
with loss which really amounts 10 nothing For m'
stance the ROxDucy branch, which has lent liO,,-o
volumes during last year, has not lost booa tNe
| six branches which have together circulated s93-"-
VOLUMES nave lost In the time only ten books ihs
great central Library. with circulation Of o4''''o
volumes has lost only ll9. This. however shows hV'
only honesty the part Of the borrowers but s'"'
watchfuness on that Of the managers Books whieh s'o
not returned within "A fixed time by the borrowers alo
demanded boy policeman detaiod Ioi tne % "a
that almost the on.Y loss Il OF tA"se
! etr
strictly enforced save the hDrSI! itoh Inc iV's'' "
| IL would otherwise be exposed
There is a servant girls trades-union at Dn-
buque, Iowa. lady recently onieayoFed to r,safsS S
a servant girl who worked or her Two years ago S's
excellent satisfaction, but tho girl resouies r'u
to co. though she ACKNOWLEDGED thh1 Sno HA'u Nc "a,
y y - a. u,uch as tho latter liked her. Tue I"uy
-, nr ~ Give her reasons.f for refusing pefm"neh'
nlace with on, whom she Acknowledged 'he hsed 20
"n Then tho girl said that she was member OF rlns
"..e, .oc,e,y OF servant girls each OF whoH was
Uedred 10 bring from her employers given amour,
royisoDsmeat or -four o. Dat.s ap tbs Wien ous sf