New-York tribune., 1879-09-29
GENERAL NOTES.

The plague Of wild beasts and snakes IN
India IA extraordinary indeed. snakes alone Ia 1871
killed nearly 1900 persons. and' tigers elephants
looparls and other Wild beasts nearly 3uou more IL
forts made at tho same time To destroy t'' "ni
mails but WITHOUT apparent reduction Of the numbers
,hout 1a- 900 snakes and 90 900 wild heusts were
killed, and $4,000 were paid IA rewards ioF Their ae-
struction.
4 coon has the best OF dog when the Fl ,ht
T. In deep water a. citizen Of Portland. Oregon has
learned 10 hs sorrow. valuable dog belonging 10 nm
went out last week into Held and found the track %
coon which he followed To The animals hdinc-pia'e.
There he gan g and bark, making the DIRT D.. In
the air until the cunningiy escaped AMI ran in'
little pond by the dog following hiu bard nsht
then began The coon seized the dog ny his nose aui
pulled him under the water. Again and again thr Cog
rose to the surface. aud again ana again he Ne ici
below 10. until at last ne mad had to" mrh "l tlr ""'l
went quietly ashore aud disappeared In MS h'ie uh-
harmed.
DR.. Langstaff, the president of the Howard
Association does not think the fever In the SCUM IS
abating present that 1t will aeate to much extent
II at all before frost The number Of he" cases
since the 10th inst. satisfies him Of this lie further
thinks that the fcver viii increase IN proportion rs ne
weather f. unsettled and the nighs are cooler than
the days. The changes in temperature between nght
and day every wentyiour hours are great source of
food for The disease. The Association estimate bat
they will need at least 100000 to pay the eNuecs th'y
must incur before tho coming OF frost. d.. llnss-I
has 10 doubt tnat the efforts oi the Association le
lesened the spread Of The epidemic. and nom xpe,nce
are sick and leff TO iheir fafe. would de.
Dull students in Italian colleges resort to
bold measures when rejected at the examinations FAIL
ing with their brains they Try their hsls ana
revolvers Several years ago the president OF yceum
who had been very rigorous at examination time, was
killed outright. More recently professor Of Greek ara
Latin on his way home, was fred a by Disappointed
student for a similar offence. When prosecuted the SUI
dent was acquitted for want OF evidence Al the As
examinations in another college candidate lOr the ee
mentary diploma rejected by the inspector ana o
father Of the young soon afcrWatd called WIN
companon at the inspectors house. and learning th'
he was out they abuse the wife, They tod her
they had come To pitch her husband out Of TIE window
had ne bee in and before they went AWAY tArtaeha
TO take his life. Instances O IBIS kind have hecoh. 20
frequent that Itaan newspapers ARE drnannlhg 'nss
something be done 10 give ordinary seeurit! 10 'o
soI's life.
Professor Leopold Won Ranke, the German
historian. IN edition Of his " History "i sera'
gives tins remarkable summary ~ recent events III '
East: TIE Empire OF Osman Is overcome ana pene
trated In every direction by the spirit Of the Christian
era Hy that term We do not understand the Christian
religion merely. what we mean would he i'm ert'''y
denoted even by the words culture aud CIVILIZATION
IL T. the genius the West IL Is the spirit which io'
nations disciplined armies. which makes roads, COZ"
structs canals appropriates the seas aud covers l""
with ahips. colonies distant continents. explores
the arcana OF Nature, occupies all the w w
mains OF knowledge. and ronews them WI"
ever-added achievement. without. at the s'"'
iime losing sight OF that Eternal Iru'a ".'
in spite oi the diversity OF their passions orders anu "
npisters the affairs OF men, This spirit l., ~ our ue'
making enormous progress II mas won America "o"
savage tribes subduing Natures uncultur.u en'
ries has transformed her from shore to shore l. ~"
vancing by various routes into the rcmo'est regions
ASIA even China showing sgns OF opening her sa.'1
a., anoro,.b II mas fringed Africa and visited her
acEess deserts Progressing without pause W. ln a
and various forms. itresi-tiblv armed win s ,se
aud power 10 subugates and takes posssSlon ~ de-
earth II has pressed might forward IN c.s.s
cadcs into the Ottoman Empire. II has "uu ~ ,oer.
I'm Iry pf and In Consfantnople Its ministers . ,rs.
preter Great Britain aud Russia m spite O' ssi
auent attitude or GntagOnism TO each ct'r, may "
ia tbts resnect to pursue "A common course