New-York tribune., 1878-06-11
GENERAL NOTES.

The latest Western idea: Worlds EXp0sl-
ton IN Chicago during 1882
The Harvard University Eight began prac
,i.s with quick dip and pull and a correspon dinghy
,lo, recovery and thrty-two 70 the minute was the
hs. that could be done with the stroke Under the care
N be coach the defects Of this style have been RENE
se the recovery being quckeped so that the crew can
pull thiryeSht OF even 'nr'J -hino suoAes " 'uo
niauie.
An Iowa student has succeeded in living on
,olng and in earning It all himself When he arrived
n Keouk at the beginning OF the present term. he paid
h, tuition bin and found that he had 81 for current ex-
penses quarters rent absorbed 50, and he had
"a bucket no stove, no furniture bed, not even
planket and only 81 for board and washing Twice
eek he went 70 the porkhouses and baked lot Of
hread and bv this single article OF diet has kept soul
ma bOdy together lie has earned 50 by doing chores
expenses during the term within S12. and Is said 10 be
one Of the most intelligent men IN hls class.
Mr. Todds declaration in the Maine Green
hack conversion last Friday to the effect that he had
rorked fortyeight years and tired finds respor-
hive echo IN the breast OF correspondent Of TIE Bos-
ou Adprhser who frames these two additional psnks
o the platforms "Resored. That to all persons resi-
sent in the United States who have worked fortyeght
ksars and are Urea there shall be paid from the Treas
Ey Of TIE United States the Of fifty dollars for each
Bd every remaining month Of their lives, such amounts
10 be assessed and collected from all voters between the
ares Of tVenty-one and fOrycght years ResOtrod That
40 much OF the nneteonth Of the third chapter Of
enoss contained I'm the following words, In the
sest o nv aee sbalt thou eat bread tin thou return
INTO the rounu' be and the same Is hereby repealed"
9bese pauk certainly ought TO catch TIE votes OF n
herous cassl
Suicides write strange letters. young
Engsh,nan after sending series OF begging letters to
fhe Rev C. H. spurgeon and other clorgymen and fail
ing 10 receive single satisfactory response, made two
attempts 10 drown himself fortnight ago, but was res
eued each time By bystander In his pocket
expressed hope that he would be buried in plain white
Deal cOfn without ornaments thar bis reatiVes "ouo
wear mourning for him two years: and that solemn
funeral service would be held. the hymn Come 10
Jesus sung. ard sermon preaehed.....A young man,
who poisoned himself last week in LIttle Rock, Ark,
outlined this autObographca sketch in letter 10 bis
Sister " You have no conception OF what wreichcd
creature an; put into this world with a disposition
proud and naughty any one ever was, having that
pride continually humbled lacking the cultivation %
mind necessary TO maintain my supposed rights; being
poor with ncnatons and desires which could be grat
hed only by the wealthy lacking al the elements that
assist the ambitious 10 rise-taent, energy, perseyCr
anee consistency, educatOu-aud being ambitious
plTing, which suppose 90 mean the same am mdeed
object OF pity; afectonate, sensitive and Ignorant,
Respondent, weak, vactlatng, aud altogether unfit 10
The Rev. Joseph Cook, in the course of his
heW lecture delivered last week in Chicago, remarked
that Communism was TO be feared In this country
except the labor strikes give It opportunity The
distinction between red and white fepublicanism was
this: one held that every must be paid according
% his needs the other held that every must be
paid according 20 bis deeds The difference between
the position Of Dives and Lazarus in this country and
their position in the Old World that they change
about here for neither Of them has any hereditary rank
ghe sons Of Dives might easily become poor, and the
sons OF Lazarus become rich. On account OF the he1
bty Of American society," the rich and the poor easily
change paces and therefore, In the United States, the
cause Of the poor every mans cause, and the
cause OF the rich man every mans cause. He held
that the average workingman, while willing to work.
should be encouraged by such means as would enable
hm 20 educate his children and 10 maintain fair posi-
tlon in his rank laborer. On the other hand when
tho wOrkingman IA not merely at the
fnstigaton 81 COmmuniste declaratiOn-when trades
men VINO made their living very largely by eecng the
poor ne shown by the history OF the French Com
mune-capitai rad right 70 rut down Us 1901 ygor
Ousy aud say, It has done in many city In the East
We will not employ a single operative who Is mem
Der Of fradesuDiOn IL was the only safety Tor capta
DR.. Brochard estimates that France has lost
through pfeyeDfable fully 100000 children in
ibe last fifty years The official returns made 70 the Gov
snment Commission Of Inquiry indicate that the aver
sge mortality among infants under year old in 5000
esmmune 81 per cent Cardinal DOnnet Archbishop
Bordeaux who BY means familiar TO the Catholic clergy
ha been making inquiries IN bis diocese, and has per-
aded other bishops do the same, puts forth state
neat 10 ts effect that in these figures there Is
aZgeratou II was not enough that in France infants
we're through negligence OF design being killed OF at
ris greater than In any other country it wa5 proved
thai the proportion Of sti-bom children enormously
and susg1cously higher the unmarried mothers
nzn asn0ng the married: almost sure sign OF foul
Play. PaH Nal correspondent states that the French
CAanhss viii soon be asked 10 consider phlantbropc
ihcme or tie revival OF turning boxes IN the founding
htspla' turning box is movable eontriyance into
oNa another desrous OF abandoning her child to pub
ss seaa'iff may place the infant without being asked
~ iufsil4s She rings bell, the box reY0Yes, ana
We enid CfapDears for ever far she IA concerned
dtss Y51fs we're In in most French towns unlli
etysl tNclty years ago when movement was started
400 sl i4em on moral grounds; bnt now rcacuon
- 81 b. under form 81 panic produced by the IN
ssttny number Of infautcldes. Mothers too poor or
''heliess TO bring Mp their Onspnng must have tacl.
.p gung them 20 the state, or II Is found that
"ss is1e them % die.