New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-14
GENERAL NOTES.

Recently compiled statistics show that Great
Bti,ain produces three much iron aud almost
three times as much coal as he United states
An ex-SlayOr of BnghamtOn has been
poisoned in hands aud face while handling the Govern
men revenue stamps used on cigar boxes One hot sat
ur1qy he stamped and cancelled the stamps on large
number Of boxes Green dust few from the stamps and
covered his hands AID wrists, and handkerchief used
W,fh the dust The result and deep poison
ing wherever the dust touched MS BODY.
There is considerable loose writing IN Ger
many at the present time concerning supposed IS
arrangement between the Courts Of Berlin aud st. Peters
bure Nothing very definite said % tIe cause OF
tns esrang cement il there is such thingi but 1t t
vaguely limited that probably the Czarewitch Is al The
bottom of IT, That the other hand Is stouiy denied
in the semioical press but sun tle German unoLc
mind is impressed with the notion that the CzlreWlich
Is aBti-G rman IN feeling
4 pair of Kentucky lovers recently walked
forty miles in order to be married Before they reached
New Albany the bride was sorey troubled account
Of walking So greats distance. and had taken oil heI
shoes during part Of the journey. which caused her
stockings to wear out When she arrived in the County
Court-nouse at Jacksonville she stepped into the Office
of Recorder MEG Dnniga, who, noticing her bare feet
gave her PAR OF 0~neck hOseIJtttef kbOSh as MeA
socks. The bride was ever 30 much obliged aud walked
up and Wa, married
A Russian staff officer on his way to the
Teke country Cosaack captain At Shemahl In he
Caucasus. The C0ssack bound for the same quarter
but wished know something more about the object OF
the campaign. "Are going TO Knlyl 10 India e. he
asked his better informed comrade lone hears 50 many
diff rent opinions about It," Neither to the nor 20
tie other" was the staf officers reply "rherc Is nc
reason 70 light KHiva; while as regards INDIA II Is stu
little early. We are gong TO place between the
two" According to the latest mail adyIces the troops
ATE marching north upon kIzi-Arvat. whence, wheeling
about to the east they VIII proceed aOug the northern
IA No hay lp
and settlements the ancient Perso-Iurcoman frontier
81 this systematic procedure Is intended 10 seize al
the arabic land IN the possession OF the Iekhe lurrO
mans. stretching from kizArfat 10 the AruAe on lhs
eastern extremity ~ the KJuet Dagh, and from Aruk
10 Merry. That Is the :" place between the two"
In the Louisiana Constitutional Convention
now in'sesson Mr.. Allan once slave. recently made
an able speech IN opposition aboshng the Office Of
Superintendent OF Public Instruction At IT'S close an
ex-slayeholder offered resolution deridDg It beeausa
Vi mistake IN grammar, and providing for i's ransla'
ton into all moiern languages. To tbs Nr Allan TO
spundcd: Mr. Chairman. was formerly slave. Inc
results Of the war emaueipated me, and simultaneously
placed me under the obligation OF tang myself 10 dis
ehtrge the duties OF citizenship. While the gentleman
rom Orleans pcrfacing himself in all these Ian
euages to wlich he refers was pckiug cotton. Tho
wears that spent picking cotton he devoted to hls
moral and intellectual Improvement; yet think may
DO hardened for SAVING thag be might have put bs
varied accomplishments 10 more credittbe use tlan
promote an end consider night aud proper Is man
moved by Suca humane ana Intelligent spirit born "
DE ruled by Othersi
An Englshman has invented a mariners
compass which enables the captain or officer IN eAarEe
10 hear by the ringing OF be when tne vessel ouI
OF the ordered The apparatus Is easily careu
about and is intended to be placed IN tue captains
cabin. over tue card are TWO index h1nds "nlen eau
be adjusted to any angle allowing o. greater " less e
yatnn IN steering 70 eher the port or s1arooifd sue
The captain, quitting the deck, se1' tue haeA "aHuS
20 certain angle, allowing the stoersnsn gwen au
iude for deviation either 10 port or sfoo'ru Oh 1uae
,ourse Instead Of having 20 be constantly Watching
the compass as present. to see that bi' orders Sio
carried out the captain leaves the Instrument I'd 'o'
MN by its silence they are. and BY its sounds II 'nv
are not obeyed. should the ship be siee'oh On Nei
course beyond The limit allowed GA eisher side an o'o
,r. alarn-be rings simultaneously ana. moreover
continues ringing until the right course 10 I,suLo a.
The index hands caI be raised away RON "a -,
uhen the bell becomes disconnected ana sse oo.if''
oau be used like an ordinary one.
In no country is literary fame ionger-I'eu
or more highly honored than In Italy. Nis oo' s0'l
since Bocoaceio died, but the dedication OF