New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-23
GENERAL NOTES.

Increased facilities for the transmission of
money through the post TO furnished 10 the
British public. IT, The London Times understands il
probable Mr. Fawcett should decide TO carry postal
Insurance scheme which be has had consideration
for considerable time. Under this plan the public win
be enabled TO send money orders between places in the
United Kingdom with absolute security against LOSE
in posting a REGISTERED lefer The Tayi,n,, r 90
surabe has not been settled
A novel eXpedient for preventing accidents
upon the railways OF Great Britain has proposed y
a suggestive Engshman. His plan to have the Gov
eminent remit the passenger duty every companv
which works its lines without any preventabe acciden
The Pal Mall Gazette points out two objections TO this
scheme The Government would naturally hesitate IN
surrender such an important of revenue the
what is nothing more than their duty.
Seldom in the history of journalism has
newspaper been issued under greater difficulties and
amid less congenial surroundings than The Ners Of l
Camp, which published during the 100 DAVIS sierra
OF Pretoria The editor thus describes the conditions
under which the feat was accomplished bungeow
for printing Office with thrown over it, IN
finished roof through which the rain freely penetrated
gentle watcrspout running down the composifor's
back as he stood with bandoler OF Martini Henry car
Iidgee his shoulder, his apron for uniform
composing stick in hand and his rifle lying SUCCESSFULLY
near his printing Frame the editors quarters an army
bell tent and transport wagon, the space between IN
genioasy rooted in with tattered sail stretched on
on euar mp 10 the knee in mud night, sleeping in
Fk-Sntfr
The forty numbers OF four pages each fooscap size
have recently appeared ia bound form ehenisbea Vim
fourteen Photographic illustrations OF the siege.
The Louisville OUrier-JOarndl keeps aliva
Its hope that the President viii by recalling lie
following experience: There is a man In a stone.
throw of us as we write, who is n pretty man vet
WHO lay in bed eighteen months with bullet through
the body and shattered leg and in that time he fen OF
from 100 to seventy five pounds He had pyuaia lallv
ana eangrene and chls and darrhDa. and crysipolas
ana had TO be nouIished again and again for week al a
lime, 10y enema because HE stomach rejected FOOD aad
got so weak that he unable indicate that he wa
conscious and was worried with morphine, was cut
into dozen times for pus cavities and abscesses lie
had everything that anybody has said the President was
threatened with and had bad on account of which ana
oter cases more or less siiar disposed 10 rus
nature and good constitution and plack AGAINST an the
scientific theories which leave experience out of cCnsf
Grafton"
The Retreats for Habitual Drunkarls which
have been established in England do not according IA
the report Of the official inspector appear TO have accom-
pshed much There are but two OF them and the num-
Der of patients admitted during the last year has beca
only fifteen, OF which seven were females Five havo
been discharged and ten remain under treatment Tia
inspector, Mr. Holman, admits that he is unable 10
point out single case where permanent cure has been
elected In several cases. however good has re-
suited, and the general health OF the patients has I'M
proved OF course during their stay the retreats Tho
experiment II VIII be seen has been conducted anon
small scaie The most successful of the American
treats have hardly reformed OF
as rather remarkably successful Mr. INSPECTOR Uof
mann is not discouraged, bat thinks with amend
loeh anu further experience ia working progress
may be made toward attaining the beneficial object pro-
posed