New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-14
GENERAL NOTES.


The goddess whose face Is stamped on the sill
dollar has been unveiled by The Philadelphia record
Her Is Anna She teaches school, and lives with
her mother and her aunt. The designer, who was
sent to this country from the royal mint OF England,
thought It would be better to represent living Ame
Can girl than to make a fapcfdl head This lady
selected because she had a pronounced Grecian
Inc posing was done an house Mount YernOn-st,
where the lady was Initiated into the dmculues and
mysteries Of art
A conversation held with General Lee in
1865 by the chaplain OF ONO regiment, only now
communicated TO Ia public shows the rebel leader in
an amiable light He spoke very highly OF General
Grant and OF other Union commanders; but ne also
admitted explicitly that he entirely opposed te
secession, and only II his adherence aud serylces
because he felt 10 be his duty citizen Of The state
of Virginia. More remarkable perhaps. was General
Lees estimate Of President Lincoln, of whom he spoke
I'D most complimentary terms at the same time Dit-
terry regrettng his assas,naon as the great 81 msor-
See though he did his best for the Confederacy rs any
honest soldier would that he bad no heart m his work.
PuncHs inscription for the proposed monu-
ment IN memory of Prince Eugene Louis Napoleon runs'
Son OF the Hero OF Sedan.
Grand. Nephew 81 the Hero OF MOSCOW
And Pretender L. the Throne OF France,
Brave. amiabie and accomplished
Au y 6St @a4s many isaes 5is life
yd In "a y na rd dS1S5u q19gr55f iIo
By a small section o The British people
To exhibit to the world
And their grea regard
For the cause OF Imperialism.
IF there be one thing that pleases Sweet Six
teens maiden fancy more than another 1t l. Runaway
horse and rescue by handsome young man vita
curing mustache and glittering eye-that l., pro.
vidcd she be not down very hard the pavement
This ideal recently realized by lady Who was
visiting a friend in Dubuque. Iowa The girls went out
drive, the horse away the stranger tainted the
danger was great. Up rose gallant young fellow,
stopped the horse brought water from a spring and
dashed it in the fair ones face TOOK the girls 10 bis
mothers house, and drove them home in bis own
buggy. The glimpse which the reviying maiden cisgh
shining eye and that gracefully shaded upper Up
did the business. she married TO the beautiful
young gentleman one esen:ng last week.
The Paris Municipality has made itself ride
lous by changing the names of Of the best
i'm city, II has ordered the Rue Marie Louise
which reminded the people OF NapOeon's second wife,
TO called Marie eli Louise the ground that IL WA
originally named after the two daughters OF the maker
of the street Rue Marie Anoiuete is reduced 90 Rue
AntOinette. The Tuileries TO be pulled down.
the Elysee Is TO be called the " Palace OF the
Presidency" and not satisfied with the faeetous
ness displayed in altering the name Of the Rue
d'Enler into the Rue Denfert-afer Colonel ben
fertRochereau-and the Rue du Deux D6cembre toto
the Rue Quatre septembre the Municipal Council has
exchanged the imperial sceptre for the composors rule
by converting the Rue BOnaDarte into the Rue GueR
berg The thoroughfarcs bearing the names Of the I'm
nc,strice Josephine Refine Hortense and ROi de Rome
will all disappear, and the Rue dAbe becomes the Rue
trepsformed into the Rue de Ia Convention to remind
future generations that the Convention abolished mon
arcneS and dauphns
A maiden fair in the village of MacedOn
Centre " Y, fell in love with efficient young dentist
whose ambition greater than his practice. The old
folks liked neither the his business, and did al
they could to discourage the suit Tue young miss
To air Hggfs nd
them she would Ike 10 improve her mind by gong 10
the state Normal School at Brockport The parents
were delighted with the turn affairs were taking, and
sent her the school to higher education" she
made excellent progress Ia her studies and became
great favorte with her teachers one Saturday she
asked permission go home and her parents tbs
request was granted. Alack she did not go home ut
fastened to Medina, where the young denust was busy
with the cold blue glitterng steel They married.
and she back to the school Regularly saturday
came the dutfu child asked the principal to let her 70
home her mother aud regularly as Monday morn
ing came she returned with renewed ygor To the quess
OF higher education, with the dentists kisses fresa on
her caeeks. At end OF the term she went 10 ths
FARMHOUSE and resumed ner household duties But tne
dentist had cut his eSeteeth and was unwilhngto gn
Ills mOars in solitude. There was an el0pemeht ono
very dark night and In the early morning thre, ieer
addressed father mother and sister, were lounO On
the wasbstand underneath new bar OF sweetsceheeo
soap.
A Northern lady with a sick husband ana
two little children recently engaged board Tor inOhn
nc a house In Asheyllle. N. q. Not word was saa
about "extras"; the children to have plenty OF
milk; and the invalid to have every attention mo
new boarders found out that they In noisy
house. where the service and the table were OF the
worst. The husband was 50 i'll that he could not 90
moved, and accordingly the FAMILY were compelled 20
remain until the end OF the month. At that time tue!
paid their bill and packed their trunks. The andlou
suddenly appeared ON the and screamed You
don't leave this house till you pay me SlO u"
extrasp The lady sand, we shall not pay you ous
cent We do not owe It," He replied, Then you shah
not take your baggage" The lady went 10 call ths
haokmen and the landlord ordered theuo down stars
The husband who was suffering from very nigh teFr
and well nigh Frustrated with excitement. gssped'
"where Ia your warrant, STRIP Tue brute calmly 10
marked that he didn't anything about warrant
but would keep the baggage until he got the 81"
The Invalid whowas OF the puckiest soldiers ~ ies
Union Army faced the bully. YOU'RE o seoundre' %
said his face turning asheu pale aud his voice lngl9s
with righteous indignation aud II had my suenlhs
ia knock down stairs" The poor wife was iI.n
ened aud begged him pay the money, inasnuoh a,
feared ne would have hemorrhase II he remhsss s
raining nard as the Invalid was carried into Al v!os
carriage, and the trunxs were put on Dehinai anu"