New-York tribune., 1879-06-03
GENERA NOTES.

The meanest man IN America has again
-, ,,sovor.A He rot on the ears At Pittston, Penn.
one day Last week on his way 10 k'uestoh. ano hs
a girl WAS with him. The tran-boy passed thfousn
the car and left package Of pFze candy III every SEA"
The mcanest man opened the package left win hiin
.vc mart Of its contents the maiden and tseH' cos
,ng the end as ell az he could, It hack 10 the boy
Tn, youth demanded 10 cents. The meanest m'h oi
fered 20 compromise as cents the traipbcy was very
mad 20 mad in fact, that he was incaplcita'en IOt
S1rtber neddiing He hn3lly carried off the meanest
mans hat and left 1t with the ticket agent Tor redemp
tOn.
The significance of the development OF the
export trade of the United States Is fully
on,recatod In Frsnoe At recent meeting OF
the C,urcil-Generat at Havre o committee recon-
mended that the Government should give up all trea
ties OF commerce and navigation and adhere exclu-
syely TO general custom tariff. Such tariff should
be ADOPTED as possible. and should
be constructed in snch way to insure TO all branches
Of national labor compensation for the charges theS
have 10 bear aud the development OF activity when
plone will I've able TO maintain the wages OF anor AZ
really paying Tue report referred 10 me rsits 1
ihe exuort trade he IN few years heDcei The Amer-
can Nagion does not wak-it takes giant steps
Sampson, retired British tar, recently
varied the mOnotoDy OF existence on laHo ny mAAns
love to publican s daughter in Chesterfield 30 inuch
in earnest was he, so unbounded was his admiration
for the girl that he made her deed of gift Of $1,000
worth OF shares IN building society HIS confidence
in her, however, does not seem to have equaled MS
admiration FOR her for sooner had he executed the
deed than he was raeked with doubt whether she would
marry him. and he settle the whole business
by shooting himself: So he loaded horse pistol very
heavily ndecd-so pueh 80. that it exploded in s face
shattered the roof of his mouth and bew seVer OF ms
fingers OF He frankly declared that ne had Waleo 10
Xii biEsrif and expressed keen regret that lie had
made so bad job OF H.
II seems to be taken for granted III Peoria,
Ill that Miss Juliet Corson feeds on her own cooking
one iourua in that city where she has been de
lvering with marked her short course OF lee
lures on cooking remarks that she is most excellent
faerauon of the value OF her own teachings she Is
a lady of splendid physique, with tue, Intelligent IN
tectual utenanee, devoid OF m1sculinity, VINO ai
pears 10 know the prevailing want OF orr househods
and i prepared 10 do her share toward meeting that
want Her profession does not degrade her She
ennobles her profession. She would be lady every
where's NJ to shine in the salon 10 direct in the
kitchen. We consider Miss Cors0n not ohif a DeHe-
factor but a reiOrmer and would thousand times
rather sjng her praises than thcse OF a the s9Sn %
Aalhonys thar could stand between Peoria and New
York"
A Hungarian publisher has been endeavor-
ing to induce Kossurh to bequeaIh his priceless
Memoirs 10 the people OF Szegedin The man Of busi
ness at the same time urged the former Dictator OF
Hungary not to delay the naming of the persons 10
whom he would iutrust the administration and con
troll OF the moneys arising from the sale OF ms
Memoirs" Kossuth replied that he had never at any
time in his life written a single Auo OF memoirs lie
observed that he had often elt that he might ot down
data which would he Of service 70 the future historian
OF shat chapter OF contemporary history IN which, as
he puts %, PLAYED modest part" But he was al
ways hindered by his uerabe dstaste tor the ex
tant autObographies compiled bY politicians from
Cesar downward mountains Of which are found in our
libraries 10 tie confusion of the student" The political
apto he observes, has never vet been AMI
cOWplete!y 10 rcnOuuce The beloved and cheriShed
E l." KOssuth doubts IT be Wo'Hd prove more
seifTeDouneinS tlan MS predece ssoI- or AseP .e &
In due proportion when be came to relate TIE story OF
lis he