New-York tribune., 1878-12-30
GENERAL NOTES.

In Cincinnati lives woman whose years
h.vc trr aau completed century. aud whose rcco!-
lection cncs hnck yydly 20 che days ot tie if,h Re-
b., .uu OF '9~. an - whlch she and part ~ which
she was Ouly days ago dui her uCt N fan her 20
that ~c c'uid walk alone, and not unul then was
sLr unable to thread III, ami without glasses
Her Story tut: ,n" wd> born twenty years before te
R.yr,qticn n,a. Londonderry. To a reporter Of The
Eaguir sn, rotated from mcm'y the .ciiHr scene' ~
which me Il,h peasants IN those days were engaged
With other vou-n ,nr hi herself m th' grass anI ia
corn u-hrU- Uut the Briti-G dragons puudefed ar
burned tucir Cabins the iauc, %. which hELi"i Up th'
uui, tpr ll,irr. around or thr famiar 4 lSiT-'tS
.nr say, I was daung us prevalence iA3t >u,
.,,ur To i- country and settled iu or nna; although
a, That 'uLc ,hc nearly seventy !tlr" ot age rLe
hrudght eleven children with hcl.
ON New Years morning. if all goes well,
posta. - will l1vr completed journey aioUnd TIE
world I'm t.uc,y-sN d-;. I, ic': ,lds c'y In mailbag
a ,c,, day, ago having lIryt trOM ioA'.aIa Jd!ah.
Al \tYog,nlua II EaS received from HrNILiril Eg'p''
and II Alexandria from M"Ss'nJ sicily Whith"r Il ia"
been s,nt from cs strrShlro. Ing''i hy tht m"u VIZ"
conceived lhr experiment. On tl" cart hr hhd WIl'H
.s follows: This pos,a!cIudis is intended i' oe ma"'"
,r,.ud H., world 10 s,cEta!n II tie feat can
ID, ACCOMPLISHED IN l2O days Al the parties
H. whom IL las been duoscd VIII Grr"f} o"'S' Nv '''-
,s le old address and rcdrc'tlngi'o the h'N' Pr,n P
80 - ,r,I,r "a, men Ju,a 1t tur loot. Ally lOcldEe vi"
be willingly repaid or II dcsi'CH l cop' ol c '"fd
vii hc sen; uonn It's lcturn Kindly state IN me s'acc
,f Ion me purpose, The date lien received ana "h'u
r'"''d M'S Il t"n 1"' ,ip m when he card .cf NrN
N,rl ,,, arrive al Plymouth wien Guc, the "1td VIII
hc in the OrJcy's uand Wednesday morning. 'N'hY'
ivur Gay ""t1d ul HuI''
Al the cremation chapel ia G0thd, the only
,,,,r Cor cremation N Germany The remains "f
ON, suor wcyr burnt on December TO- III accoFlah'"
win hi. last viii aud testament The burial service ot
b protr,tau, Ep scopa CHulch vas performed as pre-
,r,,aI NV he church authorities ~ Gotha. The bodv
,v,s m conveyed to sort Ci chapei "r hdll ANA ld''d
oyer particular spot. \ uymn Was ihcA suN-i s''
mon preached; aud chorac chaut'd 10y 'h'H oi
nnys after which the body was lowered INTO th' iuin"'
D., l,yr musir the clergyman pronouuclnG blessing
Earth 10 earth was OF course not itced frIeioH q"
,he deceased were allowed to make speeches. IE"
,,l, , Inv and narrow Apartment nlltd vrh sas pre-
v,,u~v ined was heated 10 al extraordinary degree
In ono hour aud half the conn and body were con-
s,,n,d In another hours the SaEli had Sn"'vh'S
,ed down 10 allow Of the mourncIs entering lbd cor
IcctIng The ashes urIs which Mcro drpOS'tru III s
,Gin,iiug cuiuuharium. In the mineral sermon rue
~rr.,, man declared that there ooul be u"
tn cremation The part ot the Protestant Ihntsn;,
although Il was true that the custom ceased anu Duf'
touk it, place when Christianity began 10 Pe'"" "'o"'
thousand years ago
The Eugli,h Reyiscrs of the authorized YER
sion ot tne New Tcstament completed the!t "ofA De'
oember 49, and are now awaiting sng-estiors when
.,,, ,,r.rir,u co,npluions may have 10 offer. The
r,,,ish section have held clshyhye sessions ana
sn.ut 337 days on the work having begun " III lS'"'
writer In The Daily NewS uondonl remarks thH' 'n5
history o English translatiOns OF the Bible Is NOT onp
interesting but extremely difficult 10 write Hl' ho'
.,f, 70 say much about Aldncm and caedmoh; " II u
trklsn work talking about Wycine' Tie very spenn-
| Of whose name may provoke literary 4llriH ~
- ,,,,,,s IN Coycr,inc and TyDda, he Is IN ihe eeu'io
. ,,c,I,r t,,It In the confused tM0loglcal tut'ho"
-, ho sixteenth century, when Protestants ana '"no
cs .rrceeded Henry VIII, who fought cbiehy ior MS
oan hand many parties and people had 'uro az ','N
I,iug the Bible. The authorized version was th
ait.r much contest Of opinion and SELECTION ou' "
u.hop. Bible which superseded the aene,an p,y',
which was revision of Coverdaies b'O.', ,S, ~ ~,
| again "Matthe Ss's Bible ana the oi'a. hi.
".a.n,a,,. as".a pilSr were not unindcbted; while