New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-29
GENERAL NOTES.

Australia is the servant-girps paradise.
lady in Melbourne who had advertised for domestic aid,
received call from pretty maid, with unexceptionabe
references pleasing manner and willing disposition
The lady was charmed aud engaged her on the spot
But have always had whole days leave OF ABSENCE
every fortnight" the young girl remarked pausng on
the threshold, and evening week besides" :" You
shall not be deprived OF them was the encouraging re-
py And this is very lonely place, maam, the girl
reoined and / could NOS come home by myself Would
The master mind coming for me q The lady hesatea
mument, but good girl Is not 10 De pekSd up eSll
DIV sh, finally consented and when her husband re-
turned she Informed him that DO would have to refuse
all invitations for two nights IN one week ana Que LII 'Ho
other IN order to go after the new help.
An English lady, who was exceedingly care
f Of her complexion recently converted her dressing
room into a restaurant. She the habit Of wrap
ping up her face veal outlet every night before
going To bed leaving openings in the mask Tor MOUTH
nostrils and eyes One morning instead OF rolling w
the outlet in piece of paper, aud slowing ta"ay III
her dressing bureau for future disposal she threw on
the Goals which Law ready for lighting IN tine fireplace
and then forgot all about it. Late in the afternoon
while she was dressing for dinner for which several IN
yitatious had gone out. she told her maid TO eht me
fire the dressing-room. as Il was enii5; With
the odors Of thrdclass restaurant; an before the R
Ing outlet was discovered the master nest U to
little brother who had been sent by his
hc sister to the postofce in Airport, near Hornes'
willie found letter in the box. II was addressed 10 tue
Young lady, He 1t open and handed it to the post
master with the remark: See II there Is anything I'M
portant in H. II will not go right back nome Win
itn The postmaster glanced at It's contents % re-
ouested He saw that 1t from a young man OF the
MAGE who asked to meet the young lady He told the
how he did not think the letter was very important
Afrergard the young lady went to the postoihce ana
asked for the letter II was gwen her. ana Wheh sue
upd Il had been opened she accused the postmaster OF
having done it, Her brother, to shield himso declared
was that special agent was ordered 20 lnVeSISao VIC
case, aud humber q witnesses teS,neu 'h"' 'neS %"
the small boy open the letter hlmseI'
Sir John Lubbock described life and man
uers among the ants in his usual vein at the recent
meeting OF tho British Association. The EeAA IN us
synups OF his speech represents him the owner ana
proprietor of thirty species, which are kept ID eonhne
ment. Some Of these specimens he had oeen WaleAms
FOR four years. and they we're bred IN the previous
wear they are now i've years old. They resemble human
boncs An many social aspects There were for example
savemaking ants, which, IN case az least we're en-
tirely dependent their slaves, aud would perish even
In the midst Of plenty II left 10 themselves He hadKep'
some of these au,s however alive Tor months by gnN
them slave for hOur day TO clean and ieed 'peu
He found In tho different species various conditions u
life ourously answering to the earlier stages OF human
progress Some species lived principally on the pfOouoo
of the chase aud they probably retained the hao' once
oonmon 70 al ants They resemble the lower races "a
men who subsist mainly by hunting Ihey hu sse
sIngy and their battles were single eombats nke ~
of man I'm his early history Another species hkns ~
compared TO the pastoral stage OF human hreRlsss,
tbe races that live the produce OF theF hVohS
herds Their communities were more numerous,
acted more In concert their battles were no mere
eomhats but they knew how ca act Ia comoina'lop a.
John's opinion was that they would gradually - "a
nate the hunting species, just as sayagea U.S. ~'
before more advanced races \,
The risks of glacier expeditions are ue.
seribed nv corresqpndent Of The Times Lohdonl EH0
writes from Pontgosaa. In the Eneadipe. seton Aal
With two guides soc out from that place on inc n'ss
Thursday ia August 20 spend the nigst IN sns ~
shelter hut Of the Swiss Alpine Club az BoVal ahu nc
10 ascend the Pie Bernlna. second party oecupeut
hut with them aud accompanied them the next mOsps
10 the Fes;ung where the paths separated some
sf,erward a snowstorm suddenly overlook po'u,
although the weather had been aue aud the SKY auOs
eoudless. After painful and most dnieult wax sns
seeond party returned safely to POntresinai e ef
ing KARI aud his guides gained ale suoipi'' =, ~
Rernipa at $50 a. M, when they we're snioanasu
thick clouds and oYertaken by a storm Wnien ,ass
tim the evening Of the following day. However az.
short rest they began the descent, ana BY IL
safely reached the great Firnkessel Onward .nsy
ceeded in the now raging snowstoFm Onui my s.
Gained the aFassa GHssa Darkness haa o'e''A."1