New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-30
GENERAL NOTES.

GENERAL NOTES.
II is mentioned as an interesting fact ior
Darwin that Nantucket girls are gradually becoming
opods from habit Of digging clans wiki the
DIG toe
The times are out of joint. a young man
in Washington has morbid mania for kissing every
bodv he meets without reference to age color SEX or
nrevious condition Of scryitude pous brother IN
New-uayen has been caught in the act Of putting Il
brass baggage check into the contribution box in place
OF q half dollar; a colored woman IN Troy mas been
charged with witchcraft in assuming the forms OF dog
pcav and several other members OF the amman KING
dom =. in Colebrook New Hampshire, "Whoa Emma"
"1Sa.s cnrrent "a temperance hymn two POUCH
keepse ministers have been mistaken N Coanegttut
for morse thieves, and DR. Mary walker - ileGtalAS
the construction of another par OF paltaIOoHs'
young Girl made an unfortunate mlSStep
in Lansngburg, n. Y. last Saturday night sHe was
going down flight Of stairs and the high hee oi her
shoe eau ght on Of the carpe steps, tie ne" was
torn of and she fell headOng To the bottom OF tue starr
way she was carrying lighted lamp aTd finding her
self falling threw it from her with all Ter ioIce' Inc
lamp landed the foot of the stairs, where 1t was shV'
aod o atoms and he girl tell upOn her face directly on
the burning wick. She had long, lowing hair wren
was in blaze and In spite OF heT elnrls 10 eA,n'
gu.sh tie flames snr wa DduJ D'ih"" '''''"~ '''
the oil did not take fire.
One of the latest Imperial ideas with when
the British Imagination has been charged Is that oil
uniform currency for tine mother country ana uer coio
mics ntda adopts
states India has her system of rupees ana hnnas Cey
i'm counts her wealth in a similar manner In South
Africa Dutch and English coins are empoye d side by
side Cyprus again, will probably afford new lnstac"
oil the Inconvenience Colonies anu Ihdd suggests thaI
It woud surely be possible to arrange mat even inc
couages Of tie different colonies are not Identical In
firm the va ue OF the pieces should be equal ana thdt
they shoud be able obtain currency without deprera-
tim m value all over Empire. II Is urged that the
ex,stence of a uniform currency would go far to fa'H
tate commercial relations with tue colonies The adVan
tage mas 10 certain extent adlittup y the ac-
once of the gold conagcs of the Sydne Mint ~ legal
tender in England, nut ms Is oy Ney s!oI s,1P ~
the rcction of uniformity 30 long as uleieht i1ton,
ates exist long must there DC dt rent hloHttllF
sSteIns out by maintaining separate systems of com
Iyp or al least uninterc Manageable moneys III 80 ly
foreign possessions, Eh-!ahu' II 10 uiSou' - O'' o
to the cOnfusiOu
A bluff and hearty sea-captaln from san
Francisco had last the supreme satisfaction OF re-
senng gross insult to young lady, who was travel
ling Ia the She had taken an express IRAN ~
Cbcpgo and mad begun aons long jOuruey-tO England
va $685.. York-with tears and Inconsistencies. Wben TIE
tram ,cbed Pittsburg. coarsegraincd brute entered
tho car and being by the beauty Of the girl
dumped himself in the seat behind her Leaning 'or-
ward he attempted engage her III conYersatlon out
received no reply his questions and as lie persisted III
,ho,r she appeared deeply mo titled and her face
flushed scarlet at his insulting addresses fhahg tnat
she would not reply he followed up his rude advances
v crowdnp into the beside her. despite her protest
that she was fatigued and preferred TO ride alone Az
this point. the sea-captan, VINO had Deem quietly oo>e
ing the fellow approached and invited the lay u us
scat ghich she gratefully accepted A AItOon" 'ho
v,ng Idy's prosecutor stepped from the train, ana as
he reached the platform he was confronted ny 'he cap
a,n with the remark that he had wife and sister WHO
might be travelling alone and subject 10 the lhSuS Vi
such a man the captain thelenpon dtiiI MN ,n,
hos in the face. telling HIM to the PLATFORM ahu
nm badly below the left eye Inc piSstgeiS ~ AZ
cII,dlv the cause Of the assault hud tue captain UliH
exclaimed that lie res"ntlilg an insut 10
~ Tbc stranger rose qucky, and whIe dTi"lHS
jstnI was struck again anu hnocked 10 the sIVuht anu
nnon rising received several terrible Diows u. tnc
AZ airr inIly int rfercd, but upon learning te cause
81 attack mad no attempt % arIost Tue 'sSaii'l'
The father of the notorious Paul de Cas-
sagpae is publishing Fgdf0 HE recolectiohs oi tne
second Empire aud in one chapter victor hugo Is
charged with having marked Ronapartist piochNu'"
These are suggestive passages have private reasons
of my own for thinking that H. Instead OF arriving ~
Paris I'm April 1850, had come Up N sep'ehoer i'''
Victor Hugo would have been one OF the bmP''V >
greot.st and most faithful Ministers The rupture oe
tween those two great mteecls took place on TIE I'm
OF October. 1919 Victor Hugo did not wish II tue hh
neror regretted il bitterly" Again His house was
IL not raying point, al least trystng pace Io' Ne
Inperaiists met his house Prince joachim Mut'''
and Madame HameiD. an intimate friend OF the Lnp'
Josephue and Queen Hortense. His mhd was I''ns
stored " it'll souvenirs OF the Empire, and Al IIes was
unite justified in asking him 10 celebrate ID po'm tue
,e.,, of Napoleons bones Paris II viii thus be seen
that no one was better prepared than Vcto HUGO 70 We"
come the return and support the power Of LOUIS N"'
Ieon named President OF the Republic, and cohhueh"
and friendly intercourse established between
the prince anu the Poet. Then came the fata IiPtSo
of October 2O lo49" What that rnp'ur V W. uo ina
sauuac tells III his way. There was ipe J' ~
Roman question. Victor Hugo strong altayA.u ,hs
uocy of the French Government IN Drlhsig so"t. Ia
restoration OF Pope and when inc frhcr auU
Poet met. there u quarrel, whlch "a u. p.nI .
tbiuks no could have made up The faiho OF "a rau -
evdsnty n sarrulous old man whose teI''uSOo"''' "
Fat
Hope Valley, near Providence Plantations
ia peaceful dale touantcd by guileess souls VINO al.
oath TO believe that this ID naughty world one ns
last week lady who lives opposite the frst Nauo"
Bank OF Hopknton WAS akened by biz nolse across
the road She turned IN her bed FJaed hef nus
band and quietly suggested thay there had oeen al
posion Ia the bank Theu she went 10 the "lhao"' as"
peeping out 10 get glimpse Of anything thefs n'S'
of the nature Of fireworks heard another noise luz
husbands ears also caught the sound, ana aiteE 'o
sultaton with his wife he determined TO dress ann "
ana alarm the neghborhood. He LEFT the wh''e ioe'
| sentnel at the window TO keep watch ana 'ieop"s
down stairs, routed neighbor ont Of bed Ihe Seo".
man dressed himself. and the two held oo"oeh "
war In the entry. They peeded feinIofceineats '"'