New-York tribune., 1880-07-02
GENERAL NOTES.

Commissioner lie Due has recently been Sc
ccng sites for tea farms In Georgia. and has returned
to Washington leaving assistant % complete the
work He thinks that he VII have no difficulty as the
problem OF culture Ut the sOuth, At least - Geor
gia has been already solved. quality o. tea equal TO
that impo ted from Asa ia rtiscd N qu1ntiuts that
state at cost of than 20 ceuisa pound and
readily finds a market at from 30 10 80 cents
| a correspondent writes "The statement in
| the European news o. this mornings TRIBUNE tbat
Greece Will. It is estimated by Kieper gain $40 geo-
graphical square miles by the prospective cnlarzenent
OF her territory. liable to be misunderstood by to
ordinary reader The mi es question being The Ger
man geographical miles aft TO degree, lnea mcas-
nre the accession of territory wOud amount 10 ABOUT
s3lO OF our common miles. almost exactly the area
of the state of NewJersey" 1Hg TRIBCHE f. glad -
the correction. The territorial gains whIch VIII
be made by Greece II The frontier he changed ~ accord
with the plans % the Conference VII bc Oct" en-
thild and bali OF IT'S present dom'ln.
A panther hunt in Wcsiclcstcr County IS
described by The Poghkeeosie Lage The buutcfs
Oscar Purly, OF rarrytowD, and five ocaies, with
pack Of twelve hounds Tie party struck tAc paItLes
trail Wampus Swamp, near P.easautyile Finally
the dogs collected under huge tree aal CARED Willy
up into its branches. The advanced cautiously.
Mr. Purdy told them not TO under the tree. To- f.
should be the panther they had freed be wonld leap
down I'm all probability aud ape but urged them %
let the dogs occupy the animals attention, that they
cOud all fire az once with sure aim. WA'n about
tyenty live feet from the tree thcy saw hu animal
crouching large limb If about TO spring. In
did Mr. PurGy, who thew had the ntli NEED,
expostulate with his companions 10 keep back" and
" be cool" Two Of them forward almost under the
very limb en- which the panther res Cd aud among the
dogs The animal plunged headorg at one OF the hunt
ers. who tried 70 jump one SIDE but DID Tot let far
enough away for OF tue pantners paws s,ruck him
the shoulder blade and stripped his clothing cc.n
from him. He bears three deep GUS from the ami
mas Tvs from his ps knee Of his IT Lex. Zoe
dogs quickly attacked the enragcd beast who shoos
several OF them roughy and then t1unded over tB'f
heads into thcket and disappeared from view Three
of the hunters followed the tIa wiCh haf dozen doss,
aud finally brought up at the mouth Of cave IN hill
southeast OF Pleasantve. Ihs men ocud nOr persuade
tnc dogs TO enter. nor would they 20 without them.
They marked the place well, a f. Is very Probably no
home OF the panther and returned TO ArmOnk, where
their ortnate fellOwhuntcr had his wounds dressed
The hallucinatiOn that lead would float on
water has carried d. p Newell Chicago to the bot.
tom of Lake Mchgar. H. had been actin very
strangely before his disappearance ami the receipt Of
the following letter, written Just before De took the
Goodrich steamer: " Ny dear wiic-I nave finally
struck something which will bring ia money, aud, /
hope, happiness TO all OF Us. ] have invented a lie.
preserver entirely new principle, and am
gune results that gOins 10 try i~tonight.
find that it is a faacy that cork any wood winch
aUsoros lignter than lead. Lead does dis
place much water bat when submerg find That 1t
has tn zee times the lifting power OF cork have got
some lead strips three-quatters OF neh wde
and can make jacket o II or - % that any one can
float in for days and days Everybody has always said
because lead in air heavier than cork that u would
be in water. have three times tried It and hnd lead
I'm water WILL In proportion 10 ITS weight at n tr,s
its weight cork Cork costs so per pound lead
9 cents and put life peservers on al boats. ships
and steamboats, in the world at half price am of
100000 tomorrow. l have everything ready for tie
trial. Will 90 out tonight GoodrcI steamer, and
will be back at o q and show everybody that they
can make lead float wei! better than Tne re-
suit will be that When come in tomorrow can -el
the right for 100000 and get rid OF al the trouble |
am in. l VIII leave my clothes IN the boat, watch
money etc. fear may have the lake TO eros, nut
the way tire wind looks now can get home by IL ~,
as sEal no. gO than forty miles ont, and. D. the
wind rgut, with drmOr can get IN iu two hour.
Will set rid OF my debts aud tit you aud the children
ont nicely what can get when get IN town O-mOr-
row. DOu't worry. Your a1f 'ctlOnate Hubby" Ine
poor had made either hfe-preserver or ia ket
OF lead, and had jumped the deck OF the steamer
the water, expecting 10 float the surface loE
hours days until DE could be rescued.