New-York tribune., 1880-02-08
GENERAL NOTES.

Young bones do not easily break. As
Scotch express train recently approaching Kmar
mock al full speed, little girl fell out the ballas
between the two lines OF rails Tue train was s1oppe
aud the child was found almost unnjured
The last year showed a great increase IL
the number OF cmigrants sailing from Liverpool Th'
returns Tor the year show that 1179l4 persons lef
England. OF these 81 SCI were English and 13,OO
Irish the rest being chiefly foreigners. There was
total increase OF 6762 as compared with tile previo
year.
The two huBdredth anniversary of the dis
coyery OF the Falls Anthony will he celebrated
the University campus at Minneapolis. Mimi, on JUL
g. Aside from the speeches OF the day, a number o
persons will contribute articles TO memorial volume
Ir tho discoyerers should be permitted attend Oh,
celebration they would not gnize the Fails for the
shape aud general are constantly changing
OWING 10 the soft sandstone ioruauoh over "ch th'
Mississippi rushes
An ingenious method of swinding unsus.
pcious farmers on pretence o. collecting statistics 10
the census is thus described: geDtlenlany lookin
fellow drives up with blanks for statistics of the farm
bushels OF wheat number of cattle acres under cultyn
lion etc Between the table and the foot Of the
whore the farmer signs his name atestiug the state
ment is blank space whose existence is accounted To-
as ,aording room for miscellaneous information. In
month or so the farmer receives notice from neghbor
Ing bank note for $3.50 due. He knows Do.h
.census-taker" has filed In tbe blank win promise
to pay. which, being In the hands OF an innocen
Georg Ebers, the distinguished Egyptolo.
gst. has written letter to The AH0eDieine zeitung
Aussburg IN regard to the Alexandria obeisk. In which
he says: "My correspondent. Mr.. H. Cieseeke, who IL
at present in Alexandria, where he Is attentiyeJ
watching the labors Of the engineers IRON the New
World tells me that the Americans are proceeding viii
the nrran gements for transporting the monument In
trusted TO far more practical manner thar
did e English when they had to transport the Cleo
notra Needle Ia the course OF the excavations made
in the neighborhood OF the obeisks base many anqn
ties were found such as Egyptian Greek ana Roman
lomps and vessels. Especially remarkable are ths
crabs or clamps copper bronze, upon wnich are III
sertptions Mr Giesecke copied one OF theses
bhCua one IN Greek and Latin-cn the back OF one o.
the cr,bs and mas sent me his copy. The Greek In
s.r,,i,cn "a supplemented completed by the Latin
ouc and 1 translate 1t thus; In the eighth year o
On ar Augustus Barbarus, Preect OF Egypt mas causeo
fnts obersL) TO be erected under the arch
,tectural direction OF Pontus' Ihs inscrip
,,on T. in many respects interesting. and
troDsmit Mr. Giesecke's copy. few hours after Ito
eenou TO your Journal In order that 1t may be prop
er,y studied In Germany As to the hierogyphic IN
scriptions on the Alexandria obesks, must restrict
myself here 10 the statement that they show that the
ohelisks formerly stood in Helopols la the eighth
year Of Augustus land NOT, as was formerly supposed
under TlOeriusl. they were probably not only erected
but asO under the direction OF fontius, rsmossa 70
Aexaudra The eighth year or Angs's; pl wnion ~es
hln aal inscription speaks, Is ~ g. ~ as vas
Srst Iroelaimed Emperor b. c. 81 The Preiec Bar
harls IA 20 be placed. 10 appears, DetNcen Illus
Calus and Caus Turranius. IL Is worthy OF hole ha,
PSnuus also II Roman architect, superhtehded 'hs
arection of Tho great Pla In the harDor oi
Aexandriap DIR. Ebers also states that pc opposed
he project entertained year or two ago. OF remoyns
tne obelisk TO Trieste the ground shat 10 Is one o
The Iast monuments exant which bear witness To lnt
SreaTners and spendOr OF the ancient Alexandria i
likewise regrets that the Egyptian Government did mol
feel ts.f strong enough to say no 10 the hppicatv
nom America He breads lest M crossing the ocean,
nav share the fate OF the Mykernos sareopnagus ans
of the antiquities collected by Mnutol-a late whlcs
Cleopatra's Needle, on its way TO England, ntrrowp
esesnedand be lost n the depths OF the sea- he ADDS
These obelisks. instead of serving the purpose o in
Ing the ste OF the stately sebasteion or
thy have hitherto DONE for many centuries 10
auira are nov destined to decay IN the oola ua,n
atmosphere Of European and American cities, mne
they will sink to the position OF meaningless cufosiu
| in no wise harmoniZing with their surrouhoinss