New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-07-16
GENERAL NOTES.

z,,ogicalGardens, Beria on July 2, in honor of the
rssgn correspondents = Ost all the leading news
esSe in England anf q the Continent we're repre-
sentsS The first toast The Emperor william" was
proposed by Berhold Auerbaeh the novelist Professor
Deist who has made the English Constitution special
study spoke Of the development Of diplomacy and the
advance Of public opinion since the Congress 81 vienna
Subsequently spelhagen made short speech upon the
relations OF journalists and authors
The priest who won the enormous prize 81
$4,000 In the Nespoltan lottery was cheat After
the requisite yeTifcaton the Government ordered the
numbers to he paid, although tine odds which he had
overcome enormous as to be fairly ineXpeable
except the theory Of the direct intervention OF Proy
dence IN his favor It subsequently appeared that the
drawing was a fraud planned and carried cut by the
priest and certain men connected with the lottery office
His accOmphces' thinking that ne had not gwen them
George Willis, member of a temperance
society in Lacrosse Wis., recently varied the decOrOus
but monotouous proceedings OF the lodgerOom by yield
ing 10 the impulse OF the moment and swinging about
her head pistol which she supposed unOaded Sud
denly pausing in her sensational bypay she took aim
ct young gentleman named Charles Norman, ana
pulled the trigger. Now it happened, the pistol was
loaded with ba-carridge and bullet entered the brain
OF the good-loOting target Young ladies who enjoy
playing with revOlyers ~ mixed assemblages may De
Ylvaoous associates in temperance WORK, but they are
not useful members Of society.
A practical joke in which dynamite is the
moving spring caunot be recommended to pumpkins
who are anxious TO vary their horse play. While
party OF English miners were recently skylarkng IN
pubic house. one OF them named Layerick dared an
other named Brain to pick OF with pin piece Of
white paper on the end OF small metallic which
he produced. Brain accepted the challenge and pro-
ceeded to perform the task In doing he did not OBJ
serve that the other including Laverck had left
the ROOM Presently the pin penetrated the case which
proved 20 be dynamite cartridge and explosion at
once followed Brain on regaining bis senses found
stretched out on each de and left hand shattered
whilst the right hand was also injured He scrambled
much scared by the result Of their joke.
There is peace and tranquility in the house
OF Peter Lavelle in Cincinnati. His wife went to bed
night week in excellent health but on aWak
lug in he morning found that she had been struck dumb
and was unable to utter sound. She aroused her hus
band and made known her condition by signs He sent
for aphyscan but nothing could be done 20 relieve her
She absolutely speeehless Her tongue covered
with thick black coating, and her were swollen
and inAamed. The good Peter now had Rip Van Win
klts ideal wife, and yet not happy. Three nights
Harvard he was himself attacked with the Lys
ferrous malady. He had been writing letter 20
friend and had described what had happened to his
wife. Feeling drOwsy, he sat down a chaiS outside
the door, and fell into dOze. but returning TO
consciousness FIVE minutes afterwsrd he unable to
articuate word Medical attendance was summoned,
but as IN the Of his wife, II proved OF avail The
good people now in CovingtOn. They can look at
each Other the old old story that is ever new unless
they write il down on slate.
The modern plague of letter-writing tends
in meaure to cure itself AS a versatile writer In Pail
Mall takes pains TO prove, letters, as they have become
more numerous. have at the same time become much
shorter Of old II true that the other hand,
idle persons whom the cost Of postage formerly pre-
vented from indulgng too frequently in useless
spOndenee longer kept back by any ignohle
fear Of expense But such letterwrters ourshed in
Of Carlssa Harlowe and her friend Miss Howe
thought unreasonably long, happily longer 70 be
found while LOyelaee m the present day, Instead Of
covering several pages of notepaper with ardent protes
taOns woud send kilograms, and probing BY the i'm
proved Of communication. visit the object Of his
pursuit in person. The Introduction Of teegraphy has
had an important indirect effect simplifying aud short
eBing correspondence It has led 70 the replacement Of
long and formal letters by short intormsnd sometimes
Father abrupt communications In memorandum form
The plague OF letter-Writng. according 10 the
wer has lost something OF its yiruence through the
gradual adoption OF postal cards II lieu OF letters; and
The President the United states might get rid OF some
PoIOR at least. OF the burden Of letter-wrtiBg now
swer correspondence but such as addressed him IN
kilograms and 70 reply 70 these by postal card alone
When the editors of the Far West hold
their annual convention they cannot do graceful
thing than pass resolutions IN favor Of Mr. Ten
nyson- He has given them as well as all creation
Snowy title for a species Of that s constantly com
ing % the surface Of q stale, fat Improbable world
Scarcely day passes but that some shipwreeked mari
ner tempestossed and lOngthOughtdead, turns up IN
exDectedy in bis native hamlet and finds that his wife
has put on mourning and married some other man; and
thea the local editor dresses up the story with
mental tucks and romantic lls labels Il large
type, "DetrOrs Enoch," OF "MiIwaukees Arden" or
Omaba's T. A." The Cincinnati Gazette has discovered
ehe last Nine years ago the good ship Mary Ellen
was wrecked the coast OF Africa and william Rains
swan ashore only be captured by the saYages The
hng OF the tribe took fancy TO him and carried him
900 miles inland After being with them years
and gaining their confidence, allowed 70 wander
irom the camp for day time. After a while these
hurting trips were heightened 70 two days aud then TO
lnk ~ Cape Town. The camel having been driven day
d night dropped dead from exhaustion, and ne had 20
Hhs inc journey foot He set sail for san Francisco
ssq Anay arrived his native village, st. Clairsvile
Vo HIS wife bad Of course married worthy citizen,
81 hs meeting With her embarrassing Bat with
.oie seltdenial, which his long captivity may nave
nade easy, be refused 70 break up the new home by
ellihhg ms legal rights TO wife and child.
Mrs. Jane Grey Swisshelm affirms that the
pnhters' unions have killed infants than Herod
ever disposed o. she says that he operated a email
ffiofy but they have been following up and murder
ing the nnOcents the length and breadth Of this
i-sa lie was probably not more than q week in the
prosecution Of HE work but they have been engaged
~ u Tor nearly half a century. Whether they accom-
push Their WORK by extravagant wages intolerable
efiereee, Is no matter. The work is thoroughly DONE
~t1ousands OF ruined prOpnetOrs must know 70 their
.osh The spirited lady describes IN a letter TO TIE
eA'fago Tribune Of her encounters with printers
-Aon. IL Was in 1858, Ct St Cloud. MINI, where she
- publishing q Newspaper called Fhs Visitor. The
eefz refused TO work rates and she discharged
-'1A She set about recalling what she had learned