New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-21
GENERAL NOTES.

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child just born in Green Island. nea,
Troy, ought to get In the world II ancestral coo
be Of any avail IL has grandmother In abundance ma
only are the mothers Of the parents living but thA t
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF the child rejoice see this
Lord BeacOns6eld figures az Hamlet In una
Of Ttnnies latest cartoons In PUNCH He has recsivsd
the returns from borough and county, and With eys.
rolling fairly out OF their sockets and rmaee vhloh
seems 70 indicate retchDRs immediately behind the Ia
peria decorations on his breast, mutters TO hinseE
" To be- or not to be-that Is the question:" - 2
Lieutenant Mahan, loyal West Pointer
assures The Ps6arg Commercial Gazette that the worxs
crime known to the corps OF cadets is lie. 81" cadets
he says, sis known to lie he might well 20 elsewhere
for society he is osracized by the rest of the oorpa
During all my intercourse with cadets as a boy a
cadet and officer, cannot recall half dozen
cases OF lying. when IL was question Of cadet
eliminating himself He would rather do this than lie
and himself Whatever clee he will do he will not
lie While an instructor at the Academy II cadet
told an officer that he knew nothing about subject
that was the end of It, II cadet viii not lie to cave
himself it is not likely he Will do so to another
He will not be apt to report another unless n be his
duty but he will not st0op to e or even prfvarica
however that IL any cadet were sufficiently low to com
nit such outrage this one on Cadet Whitaker he
for him."
A colored man pleaded his own case with
marked success in Dallas, Texas, week ago. He was
accused OF crime grave as murder, and had been
convicted. The Judge denied the motion for new trial,
and asked the customary question: Have you anything
to say why sentence should not be pronouncedp Tho
prisoner responded that he knew nothing he could say
would influence the court all the forms Of law had
been observed but lie would like to Say few words to
his coOred friends. He started Of slowly and delfb
eratey reviewing the testimony, showing the inconss
tences Of witnesses statements and then carried away
with the idea OF the wrong done him. he burst forth In
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don believe so now, and will set inside the Judgment
Star The county attorney Dismissed tie CAGE
and the prisoner walked out Of the court room Iee
man. He was a common heid manu." the local pApee
says. land unedueaIed."
The child, sixteen months old, OF John Salter,
of Philadelphia, has been going through great number
OF chromatic changes. Originally 1t was white with
dark brown hair; then 1t became of pale yellow then
Ir turned saffron finally it was OF FULL tne black bluej
now under discreet medical treatment. 1t 10 gradually
fading back again, having reached the light chestnut
stage This is said by the doctors TO be case OF me-
lanoss or fermentation. The poor child has probably
not suffered in its mind, whatever may have been It's
bodily palms. But what would be the emotions OF fu
grown colorphoDst finding himself fast apsng Into
confirmed blacknessi How many soaps and washes and
powders and bams Of thousand MOWERS, ana other
beaut Hers known 10 perrumers and their customers
would ne ryf Think Of his horror on rubbing on his
skim as he undoubtedly would to ma himsel pack AZ
cal views pray be delivered from meanosls Ior VINO
would be made ncarnate refutation OF MS own theory
an considered a legitimate descendant OF Canaan,w when
be was no such persona
The trial of Marie Bieres has been one OF
the recent sensations Of Paris This woman described
az a some whst handsome person, about thirty-two
years old was trained singer appeared before tine
public with considerable success, lost her reputation
and resolved upon revenge She waited for hours IN
cab outside her fahless lovers house, and shot at MIN
as he stepped into the street. seriously wounding'
though OF killing him. After three months imprison
ent she is brought before French jury, with haitre
Lachaud as her advocate He tried to prove that ner
mind mad been unhinged by the treacherous treatment
to which she had subjected The public prosecutor
did not press for the penalty awarded by the
law he merely asked for verdict OF guilty. with ex'
tenuating circumstances" Upon this naturally coun-
se for the prisoner joined ISSUE declaring that ne nn
ing must be Of 7" Not guilty" altogefher. II mnsu
have been d" bad quarter Of An hour Tor "a. Genuen
while Maitre Lachaud was speaking, ana pery.1inS
moment for the Court when he concluded py ieierhx
TO the unhappy woman as one whom the law lnishIss
consider guilty, but In whom human c0nsclepoe w9uIo
0nIy see the martyr to her own hearL Inc ftesiusut
SUMMED up, and the jury retired In i've minutes tney
came back with verdict OF complete acquittai haIle
iares on her part kissed her triumphant advocate.
and was set free. Such spectacle might appear an
exaggeratiOn If set forth upon the stage