New-York tribune., 1878-04-17
GENERAL NOTES.

T. Gutekunst, the Arch-st. photographer Of
Philadelphia made some striking cabinet gaee portraits
" Mr. Bayard Taylor when he last IN that city,
They are the recent pictures Of Mr. Taylor, and
VIII be generally accepted as liie-like.
Chicago has so high a reputation for moral
ty and decency, for law and order that it Is quite aston
shng to read that within month not fewer than four
prominent and is to he presumed, respectable citizens
have fined iu the Police Court there for the offence
of beating girls The last operator Of this sort
was p T. Stevens who had been a Clerk Of the Circuit
Court Of Cincinnati, and who ought Therefore TO have
known the law upon this point. sO Also ex-A dermsR
Batcham was fined for pounding his handmald, age x.
teen. What they evidently want IN chicago i cOcleV
for the Prevention OF Cruelty to Small Servants.
An adopted son in Boston lately stole from
relative Of his mother diamond earring worth SiOO,
which he pawned for S75. He sent the pawn ticket
with cOnfs ssOn Of his crime, TO his adopted mother
the police informed the jewel was found IN tho
pawnbrokers possession but lie refused to give II up
saving that would do cheeru ully and lose $40 II the
thief were prosecuted But the family refused to prose-
cnte; the lad left Boston; and now the pawnbroker
holds on TO the property, waiting for So writ OF re-
pleyin or a subpoena from the court with directions TO
produce the diamond: The sharp paWnOiQAer seems 10
pawncr had not right the properly since the family
substantially hold that he did not steal i'll
Lunt Brothers, OF this city, the managing
owners Of the ated steamship Metropolis, are restiye
under the condemnation of the Philadelphia Inspectors
Tn letter to The TRIBUNE they explain that they have
remained silent during the recent investigation, 0eey
b that the sea-wOrthy condition OF the snip would 90
fully established, and the course OF both United states
and Underwrters Inspectors in granting certificate
thoroughly viudicated report was made March ~
without reflection upon the owners and after having
been forwarded the Supervising Inspector Of this dis
trct was few days afterward recalled, aud this last
report prepared. They have appealed To tho euPsI'
ing INSPECTOR Of This district, Addison Low from the r.
uort oil his suborduaes and ask the public 20 suspnd
judgment until all the facts are laid before niIn
The Scotch have not OutgrOwn the custom
of making eowks Of one another All Fools Day.
On the last Saturday In March the following advertise
ncnt appeared in a newspaper: A gentleman having
lately come fortune, will distribute 10 the people
OF Airdric, Monday lst at IL o'clock, at the Old
Town Cross, 1000 loayes OF bread and cwt OF
cheese Come in timel All are welcome" This inyi-
tatlon al time when, owing 80 the depressed
state Of trade in the district and to the fact Of there
being strike among the miners, numbers Of
persons have been reduced 10 state border
ing on desuutOn was most gratefully accepted
by the poor people, who long before the hour mentioned
nocked to the place, anxiOusly awaiting The promised
distribution Patiently they tarred for some tme hut
when hour after hour rolled by, and the gentleman who
chad lately come fortune" failed to appear, il at
last dawncd upon them that they had been made AlHl
gowks." Not unnaturahy exaspeIated' they gave vent
10 their Indignation IN the evening Dy moDong the mouse
smashing the windows of the hotel IN which t was u'
mOrcd that he had taken refuge.
SalOnica, which lies so close to the borders
Of the prnclpality Of Bulgaria is the third town oi
Importance in the Ottoman Empire, ranking next to
SMYRNA As TheSsalOnica it is familiar TO every Bible
reader and classical history 1t is associated with the
invasion Of Greece by the Perans under XerXes as ono
of his camping places. Known In that era as Therna
was rebuilt In 3O5 B. c. and renamed Thessaonca, after
the sister OF Alexander 1t fell into the hands Of the
Turks IN 1850, twentythree years before the tangd
ConsautiuOple The population at present estimated
at about $4,000, OF whom nearly onehsf are jews the
remainder being Greeks, Turks and few Waiaehs ana
Bulgars Singular to say, there is community OF be
tween 600 and 900 Jews. descendants of those who
embraced Isamsm at the time OF the conquest who st
practice the MOhammedan form OF worship butare very
strongly suspected of retaining in secret their
other sect and live entirely apart from their othooo
Hebrew brethren IL has always oeeh great eehuCU Va
trade in the East. and is the terminus OF railway
Which runs Mitrovitza, IN Bosnia, and which may 20
| extended so as TO connect WIN the AusuO"N"H"
railway system.
ConstantinOple has only one military hero
| the heroic defender OF Plevna When he returned 70
he city ON March 81 the Sultan received him WIN tears
IN his eyes kissing him several times ana saying iou
have shed lustre over the ottoman arms you Na'o
isd olr already high military honor ana glory III 'o
a,s of the world sworc before God that wou,u 10
~, bi,b honor the day should see you. VIII per-
| S, tbot oath to-day, my gallant hero" Ihe sultan
conferred ON him the order OF the omanu'
with star in brliants, presenting hn' at sno ''.S
| time with an ancient sword when hau oeioh"'" "
Sultan Hamid I. The words 10 'he "h"A' =,
rayed ON tine sabre and his Majesty remarked 'h1t 'o
rcious sword belonged by right TO the detenuet ol
pIevpa As soon as Osman left the Palace the cro"u'
n correspondent OF The London Globe describes III.
cene Itself upon his bn w at this
Long life TO the "nSIii SIi man Who were not strong
enongh 10 fight their way 10 the carriage t,,onaI
Allah 10 bless the man who had saved ther Is
honor Women lifted their children IN their arins a. Ss
unon their cOuntrys savior CurlOusly enough, ~ Ion
same building where Osmani was receNnis "A 49,
there lay as prisoner his colleague suellnah
Mrs. Jane Grey Swisshelm evidently see
down civilization as a failure in Western PennsyN
She has no hesitation in saying, and she says Oo
In The piitsb,ro Commercial Gazette that in those rum
distrots lovely womaI~dOes the work OF man, o'',
a woman and donkey, and respectable men are nS'
ashamed to loaf while their mothers wives ana dauk
ters milk churn chop wood, carry coal, make pier i
pigs and poultry while each does the work Oh INV
kentucky slaves III the palmy days OF slavery "hen Wv
boys brought up by their slave moh'.'
come TO be men, they get them slave wives, ana wno
ever they can and an for disagreesng Win "
employers they 20 out on strike. and leaf wiie 60
slave wives wash and beg TO get living for them -
ladies turn out in the, diamonds and velyets ana P
through the mud TO take care Of the "poor fellows NV
their families. They hire halls, pay gas blls' se' s
meetings aud hll the whole air with swash sympathy
the poor victims OF some otherbodys SIM seta 'o'
dirty. lazy loafers TO singing hymns, signing pieos'