New-York tribune., 1880-04-03
GENERAL NOTES.

One of the English election phrases for which
there is no equivalent In the United States s plump
ing" Wherever q constituency returns two members,
each voter can give vote each to any two
but he cannot give his votes to any one candidate
date q. eO and SdGiisi this is termed apiumping"
The steady-gOing old Journal of fCommerceca cam
not stand the advance In paper II accordingly advances
s subscription to S15 year. for its Issues
each week. Other journals, which made the mstakc OF
reducing rates what was already the cheapest thing
sold in America. the daily newspaper, are preparing
likewise to take the back track
The arithmetic men out West are getting in
training for the next election. The Chicago Times CON-
putes that II r. Vanderbilt should constantly relnves
and compound bis income from his present vast invest
ment Government bonds he might, without living to
be very man. to have the whole national debt
owing to him. This seems startling predictlon-but
The Buffalo Express pushes II step further Suppose
that Mr. Vanderbilt, having acquired the whole OF our
national mortgage should take It into his head to fore
close Then ~ to be presumed he would bid In and
own the whole United States"
A Bohemian innkeeper was bitten some
weeks ago by his own housedog. Unwilling to kill the
animal he to the town gravedgger enjoning
that solemn person TO take care Of until further orders
few days lacr tho innkeeper attacked by hydro
phobia, and ed in excrucaiing agony The sanitary
authorities applied to the Rravedgger for the mad dog
committed to his ody Their as,onishment may be
more readily conceived than described when tho sexton
calmly observed "1he mad dogt have eaten him~
You have eaten the mad dog :" Better tat than he
NOT On aSa that e ss Of h
had agreed with him.
Statistics cited by The Pail Nall Gazette
show that there 15so40 members Of religious orders
in France--127,753 women and 3O,297 men-the i'm.
mense majority belonging to authorized orders There
are 46 associations Of men, only 32 of which are author
lied but the members Of the 80 far numerous
than the 416. the I" Brothers" alone counting 20,34l
members. The 3S4 unauthorized associations only
count 74i4 members Including Jesuits aud, In addt
on to tho Jesuits, are the Domincans, Ffancscans,
Barefooted Carmecs, Capuchins. Trappists. Kedemp.
torsts Eudlsts Marsts, Oblates. etc. The number OF
nuns belonging authorized orders is 1880 and to
Unauthorized orders only 14.003. II, therefore, the
Government connc their operations to persecution Of
ORDERS thay will over 81 900 persons
to persecute The Conservatives, on their sde hold
government put force old laws which,
II they have never been repealed are entirely at va.
rance with the spirit OF the Ii Is asked for
ample aoT Va. RspgGeGn government could eaforee an
leagues OF Paris.
prOspectOr who has spent some time in tho
Eagle River country Colorado, thinks there plenty
OF paying mines there. In recent private letter,
extracts from which published In Tie Register
Call. of Central City, he says: "There are
fcw people who know how many
paying mines there are on tho Eagle.
Prospectors getting sharp blow about good
claim until they have secured piny locations around
and odjoning 1t as they want. They w0nld rather
take trip 10 Leadyille and sell small interest to
OF their friends and get grub stake aud 20 back
and work get all the territory they can There
not less than 200 claims being worked
between Eagle City and Red CliG. n were to menon
tho OF the hundreds OF good pairing mines the
north side of tho Eagle River would be breach of
confidence. ana tho prospectors would be very
apt to put hemp necktio around my neck and swing
the first limb of tree that could 10 found. The
come smeers built. There will be six smelters the
Eagle River inside OF six months. Battle Mountain
alone can furnish OF from tho Clinton and
Belden mnes ut the pres, mt time tn keep two ftyton
smelters at work constantly day and night. besides
u great many other goot paying mines Bat.
Mountain. and nos much said about them. The Hay.
den Mining company or Central City. smart enough
to get TIVE atty claims on or close 10 tbe far-fafnsd
Eagle from which they will realize mons of doiarsJ
Building lots IN Red Cd, lt Is stated, worth from
$3.50 to 81 900.