New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-25
GENERAL NOTES.


The World issues its Almanac early this year.
bat III . new form AonBdOning politics and election
istio TO unorU1s veIses, fabl' aud the
like ~rb clever iliu-iu uoDs by ChulcI. IL Is an at
tractve lItle volume, and sold for 20 cents.
Roast monkey is what the emigrants from
Carolina Lbcr have for their dinner on sun
day but" says OF them IN letter, It's mighty
dry eating and needs lara, but that You caut get for
love mone In thr next paragraph word Is sent to
a friend urging him to cmigrate. we have told the
folks out ner wat smart he is. and great poll
President"
A will, revealing among other things
glmpses of a love story. has gone TO probate IN Erie
County. 1t consists simply OF letter from the dead
man to, his brother lie had q sweetheart named
susey" bat susey used to be now and then WITH
another fellow, whom the Jealous lover describes as
"that Galent" =" If find susey with that Galent OF
hers" he writes swear by the Halter that shall hang
me. she shall never enjoy him." The litter proceeds
with: Civ my love to Lidey W." w.o was neither
his sister his cousin, Du apparently another sweet
heart. Indeed, he seems 10 have pad many sweet
h"nrt Tor he adds eareiessly' ana aIl Tue rSs@ bu
Ma the Lprd bess you ALL and pardon the deeds nav
In contemplation"
A story from Figaro of the political cam.
paisn IN the south OF France Two candidates. Radi
cal and Conservative appear before their constitu
ents The Conservative il gaming the sympathieso OF
the meeting. when citizen jumps into the tribune and
with frantic mien exclaIms: Brothers, offer to
prove TO you mat Citizen s., VINO now
poses before you as model OF ausiere disintereSt
edness received brides from the infamous reaotonsry
candidate favor his election" Then there was com
mouor-"T umute nexprimabe," says Figaro In pa
renthess. The Couscrvaty shout 81 oois. proofs
and Citizen s. with stately camnt IS advances 10 the
front and says: Citizens confess old receive money
FROM the olous candidate. But raisng his right hand
his head swear by the holy poker that have
done nothing for him "
There was an affecting and dramatic scene
a wedding among colored people IN Pittsburg last
week when two brothers whom slavery had divided
were suddenly brought together ter long separation
They born in Maryland and the pppter whose
property they were, becoming embarrassed IN busDess
vas Obliged to part VITA some OF his slaves. and the
boys were among those whom lie sold.
One them was taken 10 Texas, the other
TO Virginia. They had grown to be men
before the war came and never expected 10
see each other again. After emancipation they both
vent North aud engaged IL business, but they ne or
met Eacl suppos the other to DC dead TO this wed,
West and among them tue brothers. As they appeared
ap Sas sypr tey dseuverd teIr reatioasp and
each had told thp story or his life.
The Christmas numbers of the great Eng
lish pictorial weckiies present this curious
contrasts we'll certain points OF resemblance fhe
GrapAc follows the success IL made IN 1877 by CIV
ing twelve handsome coloed illustrations with the
eterpress the text of short stories By Justin
Mccarthy, F. W. Robinson, Dutton Cook. and others
The Illustrated London Eers Is especially happy IN lis
many large and carefully worked woodcuis. and con.
tsns n complete novel by Mrs. j. III. kidde.l besides
other appropriate reading matter. Escu paper pub
fishes also large print separate supplement The
Nes gives Ia charming picture OF Puss In
Boots" by Mlais. and The 6rupbte has an excellent
picture by aux Holi. THE Gifts ~ the Fsiries"
BrentanO mas received both tuese papers, as well as
Punchs Ataanaek, which hnds great de al OF fun in
prospective Inventions and discoveries by Mr. Edison
The house of Priam might, in the opinion
OF DIR. sehsmann have mad more than 100 rooms. and
he thinks IL was originally Ave or seven stories high
One OF the rooms now contains a Jar large that il
Is n ariy nei by -Four Of such Jars have been found
BY him, each measuring five and laR feet high and
four feet inches broad. The large number
Of lars found the ground noor induces
tue belief that It was used for store-rooms the
four huge lars contain number Of beautiful Gotta
Vases, OF which also many ane specimens
were found In the brick.colored ashes win
which the rooms fed DE- scbiiemann thinks the
remarkable thing IN the ancient mansion Is tha'
here and there beneath IL the walls OF stu more
ancient building found: He ascribes them TO the
first city erected the size OF famous city. Auth
fragments OF pottery which he has in the rooms Oh
the mansion Immediately below the Trojan stratum
have he says, on both sides beautiful lns'
trous rcd. black or brown color which 10
has never found anywhere except IN the suH'a
OF tue first CITY, He Ia further Of opinion that 'He
great circuit wall WIS not built pc pie which u
habited Troy az the tine OF the catastrophe but oy
the n predecessors Among the rcmarkab objects DIS
covered recently ID. hiemann IN his last letterIo
The Times LOndOnl, mentions the remains oI an emu 20
child which physician thinks Ia lie only four months
old All the seemed to be present, 50 that the
skeleton might easily be reconstructed"
King Ludwig's royal chateau which he has
set about building the island OF HrrrenChemsee In
Bavaria after the model OF the palace Versailles, VIII
find niln when completed, ooy fortyeIgbt years DID,
and no has ap fifteen years for the building OF IT,
The 800 workmcn now engaged in the work are lodged
in barracks. temporarily constructed for them ana
by special order from the King great care Is
taken 70 provide for their comfort and TO SAT
isfy their needs at O moderate expense ho
telegraph (Loudonl observes that such consldera
tion was not shown when Louis XIV. was 0uIdins
his Versailles. writer has ecorded that 36ooo nen
and 5000 were engaged every day On 'na'
work. and Madame dc scvgne has said thai cer''ia
number of the wagons conveyed back TO faris A' ".
OF night the corpses Of those who had died oarnB '"
dag In the memoirs Of Madame Lafayette u Is s'as"
that large bodies of the Royal troops were de'Aea
and the laborers In digging the foundations bnt
un holesomv toll Of oxcavatng marshy cart" ~
every day scores OF soldiers TO the hOsp''
The beginnings ofyersaiies OF the humbIes' WV"
Louis KILL being much addicted 10 hunting ID the F
est OF St LAger grew oil suppnS IN dirty ea"~
and sleeping dila,dated wlndnulis, and consequence
resolved TO transform litte pavilion when no pV'
sessed at Versailles into "a house Of lcards t"As m
sou. the Great Louis. who pulled down l~