New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-26

,,nu with tho very dogs for coveted morsel OF bread
Or for rag to cover ,he s ros Association
who sends this appeal TO England and Amerlca'
The whispering gallery of st. Pauls Is not
n ouet place for q suicide. The man who leaps 10 his
aootb on the pavement below has the melancholy
,ifaction OF knowing that his pane Will be embaned
On the traditions of the cocktower and that for years
thereafter the will recount the story 10
every traveller VINO strays through the vaults ana
Galleries fortnight ago midde-aged gentleman paid
the usuol admission fees and avoiding party OF sight
seers passed into the cock;0wer. Here he was founu
kneeling on the floor and praying deyouty For some
time he was undstubed but at last one OF the WOrKeh
wont 70 him and asked retire. He then went to me
whispering gallery and jumped over inc rallngs,
arc hundred feet above the level OF the pavement.
There had not pg S m Sced when they
heard heavy thud and found the body living across the
TWO chairs on which it had fallen IL was thry 'e"''
since a suicide had occurred in ST. PauIs'
The college expenses of the Cornell students
need not be large. If the statement winch Heu
Der OF the class Of 1872 sends THE TRIBUNE oe no'
strained His expenses for single year amouteu W
srs1 6s The items the account current were neSe
Cro,hine sIo o5: literature S2l 80; postage, So &c
hooks text and reference $40 So board $3l CO. rent
and furniture S37 TO- fare 81 5o washing 81 90
miscellaneous 50 90. The years board bill. 1t seems
was only $3i O6 and he Gfrms that he id not starve
but enjoyed perfect health The members OF the labor
COLDS he saws kept house. bought their own provisions
and cooked their food themselves But the washing bill
how about hiatt Can II be that Cornell student can
have his washing done for 81 80 ayeari A New-loIh
bachelor pays as much every week. ana theh is M 80
sometimes to collar two days. Can ID be tnat tse
students at Ithaca only have their lnndkerclhitels
washed The correspondent. however, kinoy eNpiains
that he used wooden underwear and ala his OWN WASH
ing every Saturday.
A French noblcman, who won fortune OH
the turf during the early part of last season. eueu 10
the eutroaties his wife, and gave her SlOooo where
with TO buy diamond necklace which she had seen In
the Rue de Ia Paix She took the money and carried
home the necklace but neglected to pay for it, owing to
the more pressing claims OF the dresSmaker and the NIL
liner and possibly TO losses incurred at the baccarat
table The Count suspcctng that the diamonds had
beep bought on credit and being rather hard hit himself
M the gaming table, took advantage Of the absence OF
his wife 10 raise money her necklace Not liking to
nut the diamonds in pawn he sold them outright to
merchant in the Palas Royal at low figure. The new
phrchaser pleased with his bargain offered to sell the
necklace to certain jewellers and finally showed it to
fine dealer Of whom the countess had purchased IT, The
ieweller furious at having the diamonds wbch he
had himself sold credit offered 10 him for song anu
made criminal charges against he Count lac countess
returned from Nice response TO q telegram from her
husband and the noble pair scraped together enough 10
pay for the Jewels
A Christmas ghost ought not to keep on its
rounds long after the holidays he becomes
chronic nuisance, the Loni detectives will be sent
for and the lights will be turned About fifty years
ago the Hail. romantic old place on the borders of the
Yorkshire moOrs popularity supposed TO be haunted
and every weregulated and puDic-Spfted reslueht o
sorrs had seen a spook two OF high or low degreean
dress or urdress Last Christmas there was revival
OF the supernatural ysitauons. Mysterious rappings
were beard doors thrown open; windows were
broken strange sounds heard; aud the hair Of
the neighborhood stood end. The household of the
Hall were scared ont Of their wits. Servants, armed
with pitchoTks, lay in wait for the COLLINS and when
ever mysterious knock heard at the door. they
sailed forth to transx the uncauny VISITORS but they
only beat the air for their pains The holidays passed.
and the ghosts were still making night hdeous, when
the lady Of the sent for guard of police. The
detectives soon unrave!ed the mystery mschievOus
little handmade, fourteen old, the only ghost
on the premises. She had frightened one of the farm
servants rappng at the door Of the barn when he was
milking COW, and the success OF her trek had en-
Outraged her to the whole neghb0rhOOd anu 50
cooy and warily had she played her part that not sin
Gle member Of the household suspected her.