New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-17
GENERAL NOTES.

The Hour, the new venture in weekly social
Journalism In NewYork, improves and shows signs OF
coed support It's latest movement 10 the addition OF
eOlored cartoon regular feature and T. starts out IN
bird Of his country hutterlng Ger him.
American ladies in Paris have recently been
the victims OF thieves who have broken into their
lodgings and stolen their 1nery. short time
ago the police were Informed that two weiFdresseo
Young men fcsdug In furnished lodgings In the Rue
gaint.LAzare under the name Of valete, were In the
hsbit OF selling articles Of ady dress at the second
hand sbOps They we're watched. and arrested wlc In
the act Of Offering such things for sale search at
their rooms led TO the discovery Of four large trunks
poIlce discovered that the valuable belonged to
Mrs Stevens O wealthy American lady, ana had been
Ca,Sbon on the night of March 20.
Young folks in the Olden time had to behave
themselves church is proved by this from the
Ipswch Mass town records, dated December 80 100:
"To prevent the Youth from prophaninR ye Sabbath
their misOfderng themselves In times OF Gods Worship
1t lie Ordered They shall sit together in 20 two back
side Seats Of each front Gallery which are We seats ap
poDted for them-and that We Tythiug Others de-
sired with them Shall take Turn by two IN Day. TO Sit
with them inspect them aud such as wiz not he re,
claimed By sd persona D!ecounteuanceing OF tber III
members shall be complained Of TO the Justices and nro
ceeded with by them as the Law unless Ss amen
corrgble persons or give them Corporal punishment
Richard Miller, of Wytheville, Va, heals the
sick by prayer and touch At least 90 the rumor goes
He aasumes TO have had dream month ago in which
the idea was impressed upon HIM that with Gods help
he could perform wonderful simply through faith
He states that the day after fervent prayer ne
healed sick man by touching him. The intelligence OF
the miracle went all the county, and the afflicted
OF all kinds came to him aud were healed simply by the
touch of his hand G. Wertz, photographer at
Abingdon visited Miller with paralytic uncle. the
seat Of paralysis being in tho mouth, which deprived
both OF the Of speech and hearing Miiier
locked az The afflicted man, and, after SHORT prayer
onched him and told HIM that before ne reaSaed gone
house hts return his hearing and speech came BACK
TO him, aud to-day he Is apparently hale ana nearly
Tenn, helpless from rheumatism token TO Miller
last week and when attempt was made TO lift her IN
the carriage abe rose rom the sedan Sna ana saa se
ipRy modest man, and always dgnantly declines any
compensation for his services, alleging that he s but
The humble instrument OF God
Ballroom dancing has been described as
"hdeous by the Viscount do Brieux, the
author O French pamphlet which has already reached
a nth edition. He calls the casuists to his aid. He
says: Road tho theology Of NJ Bowler; 1t will tell
that the waltz horcG GeTmdHfcGl s Of itself mortal
sin Read St. LRuori, certainly not too rigorous This
doctor Of the Church examines whether pressing the
baud Of ones partner Is always He solves the
question In the negative To press and to hold are two
very different things Everyone does not put his arm
round his partner according to the rules OF q good
Christian. AssuredIy the reader Will be curious u
tan and the woman also his hand only is laid fiat
her waist resting on the gathers or heF Skill con-
alder this manner Of holding as very immoral: but is
the waist Ia embraced By the right arm OF the polker
al have spoken Of Chistian dancer" continues the
40 neafiy All or believe themselves SUCH Christians
and true men neither waltz nor pOlk."