New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-25
GENERAL NOTES.

po,t;,ooro Is agitated over the propositloii ~
10 - ,,r,s limits The boundaries OF tho wy
hove not been extended since lolo' ' iio, nre-
20 a "A 600; now it is 332 600. and the opi'on the
walls among many that the c0nliiie,g 1o o"i
health OF the city demand the on"nh' 4 "a IN
C.o;o+,, in ST Ionis is i'll termen' DC
-o,.,o,v of admitting into its sacreo o"Ole .,s.
,-~r+i yo,ue rnal who in tit OF lhIa'ua'io''
rr,ed his aunt on his mothers slue' A % ,ha
so,a was performed Buffalo by MI momen-
ronrt of Appeals OF this state me dsSre r.
s,s oovastiou will be awaited Win lhleio9'' - =,
Oxford hats do not apparently auu u 1mo
. % +to average student of Brown UnlVefslt|' A''
s.naorancc OF several of them IN froNUo"'e-
no ATTEMPT has been made as yet to don the gown
ored The Press of that city 10 exclaim rreVerehtN
uThe fact is the youngsters look aoont as iicn ~
,opv with their surrounding in the centre oil eLeTi
nessmart Ike Providence az medtYal mona i,rn
mating "a fourteenth century HlSsal "o'"u "
printing Office d.,
Roston oreathes easier Professor Ira Rem
o ~ Iohns Hopkins University to whom the "o' a
s,os iptr,sted has discovered that the " cucuin''i
tasta fin the Cocituat, water " IL cauSeu ny 'e
,,oaition of a fresh-water sponge, caued SPDy'''"
MS AeL" that grows in large quantities III "r' IN
phrhorn one of the sources Of the ciys water supply
,nortonee of tins discovery, not only to Boston p9t
70 all cities having similar system Oh ""ei supply "
evidently great -. rl
A speck in the ocean only is Pitcairn lslaiu'
nv the Isle of Content" as is APPLY called Although
I'm
nix of the happes persons in the world 1ne i7'"" -
,,tr,ted in delightful climate about three Thousand
,os ,vcst Of tho northern of South America All
she tropca fruits grow there in ABUNDANCE Inc I"'
ltauts form an English colony. and live siIe haIp'
fe undstnrbed by the strife OF the world AROUND 'o
Money is practically unknown among tueln iHo ono
nagistrae on the island has snecure Tor there are o
aisnutes and lawessness is unknown. Each man mas
bis own house and land The life is oommunsnc ID
,rav for all are socially equal and share ther goo"s
with each other when one becomes needy ShoeS are
,eldom worn by the women The children wnen Uny q
Nv years old learn how swim, aud tumble arOund IN
The breakers without fear or danger 1he peopG aiT
religious, and worship in h'te & Chh Of Eneland
an dprcaching every sunday They are Jealous III
an ideal life OF quiet and cOntehtlhehI
at was all Moliere's fault" was the plea
,ntarieeted by unique genius who arraigned the
other Gav in Paris police the charge OF steal
ing chair from the door Of cafe After begging the
magistrate TO listen to him with protecting eye WIG
defendant explained why ait was all MonereS iaui.'
He sad that he had old volume OF Moore upon tne
rover of which he was in the habit Of sharpening MS
razor One morning when he looked iGr his imprONseu
tron he could not find IT. and this all the more pro-
waking because he was going 10 attend the funeral OF
Friend whose name he did not know having only seen
him once in his fe but who had treated nun 10 glass
nf btters thereby earning his undyng gratitude As no
could not go the funeral unshayen he went 10 Tue
nearest barber and there while waiting MS TURN WIN
fourteen others he had the inluck meet friend who
naked him TO take glass. One good turn deserved
another he sad he offered to take his friend to the
funeral But they had so glasses on the road that
they never got TO it, aud at midnight were holding COM
tnunion with the lamppOss HIS legs, IA ne toId inc
magistrate, not very "eath0nc So seeihg Vhl
while And as there seemed 10 be no doubt that IN tne
remote sense meant by the defendant. Moere was 10
blame the nagstrate did listen 70 him with protect
ing eye" aud acquitted him Of a felonious intent