New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-07-03
GENERAL NOTES.

The man who took time yesterday to sip
his cooling draughs feels better this morning than his
imprudout nclgdbOr who guped his iced drinks in
hurry.
The London season has been enliyened with
a striking novelty. The Chinese Minister and Nine.
Kuo had reception at the Legation fortnight ago.
This was the first entertainment Of such nature ever
given in Europs by the representative Of the Celestial
Emp're The house was brilliantly illuminated. Nine.
Ku0 received her guests in English fashion, though in
Chinese garb, anu 600 people responded 10 the lhVl-
tat ons.
Ii was not strange that Prince Bismarck
heaped IeprOaches upon the ino1ensiye heads OF the
turkish representatives at Mondays sessions Of tho
Congress- for he gave them curt reception when they
arrived in Berlin, and has suubbed them ever Since
Mehemet All and his colleagues were the last TO reach
the cv and when they ushercd into the Chancel-
lors room they were greeted with decidedly gruh,
-. You are rather late" Mehemet All, who was once
rovu in Germany as Karl Detroit, reminded the Cham
ceor that they had met with rather adverse wlhds IN
tn, winds in the Black sea seem to have been pretty
steadily against you OF iate.'
The completion Ofthe railways beneath Mount
ST. Gothard and the simplon depends upon the supple
p,enory grants OF the Federal Council, concerning the
constitutionay Of which there wide divergence Of
oDipion among the Swiss cantons II this question DO
decided in the Affirmative it does not follow that the
council will agree TO subsIdzc international lines II the
81 Gothard line be subsidized it will be the more diff
cult for the council to refuse grant toward the compile
finn of the slmpon tunnel The last section OF the lines
Of approach upon the Italian as we'll as on the Swiss
side OF the mountain WIS opened iodi-1 aEo' amo
petcd IS the most aruous OF az namely The driving Oh
the tunnel through the mountain
A war correspondent ought to be brave and
plucv and i'll certain degree reckless, but he ought
NOT 70 get killed unnecessarily There Mr. Ogle, OF
The Time, QOndOul who instead OF being murdered in
cold blood rs was first supposed, was killed in the
.ra..# D.ffl 1Nn
exposed hmselfat the front the Insurgents in battle
which occurred between them and the Turkish troops
near MakruitZa, and he fell by stray bullet, and was
decaptatcd after death in accordance with the savage
habits on both sides I'm similar struggles. Us
may not have taken any active part IN the
fight in which he lost his life but he was impru
dent and sefwiled to extent which had already pro-
voked the serious warnings Of all his friends, and would
have subjected him In any other country to the danger
OF being treated spy, arrested ana possibly shot
the enlargement which he was aiming to send 70 his
nswspaprI was worth the risks which he took
Mrs Jane Grey Swisshelm has heard it whls-
peled that certain day, known only to the OATH
bound and the initiated every locomotive engineer in
the United states and Canada is to stop work. keep tho
engine committed to his care just wherever it may
hoppen TO be at that particular moment, and prevent,
by all means his power any other person from using
H. WhereupOn, through the medium Of Tie Chicago
Tribune she respectfully calls the attention OF the guild
TO he facts that thousands of men OF moderate means
have Invested their savings in railroad stock; thousands
OF widows and orphans depend upOnt for breads and all
the must be robbed that Mr. Engineer may get 10 cents
iay more wages IL seems strange TO her, at least
that I'm a country like this considerable number OF
men could DO reduced to such straits that they could do,
or contemplate dong, acts which would have been
scorned by Robin Hood and his men. Every railroad
employ6 running train must daily pass thousands
OF acres lying idle for want Of hands to till them and one
would think that with spark Of manhood would
buld him hut out OF grass and clay ana iase MS Dread
with no other implement than hoe rather man be tue
shuttlecOck of railroad company ana tladesunlOn,
mud nj every second throw. II man does not Ike his
place and his wages, why not 80 TO MS employer ah1
cabin aud field looked ont, to them get his Yng ont
of the ground, and call no man or combination Oh men
master