New-York tribune., 1881-09-02
GENERAL NOTES.

In the course Of recent debate in the Houso
OF Commons member delivered himself OF bundle OF
complaints against the fnecency Of pOstooe telegram
operators and quoted several amusing instances 10 lust
ify his criticism. In case a husband who was a.
iousy awaiting bit of important domestic intieenca
was astonished by the announcement that his wife baa
presented him with deal box" whereas in reality
tho present consisted OF dear boy" In An anoth..
instance the interment of the late Pope in St Pee
was converted into interment in salt petre No.x,,
Standing these sr9tesque blgnders the Postmasteea-
mended the care and skill exhibited by the teegraphe
The proposals for the suppression of fhe
slave trade in Egypt recently submitted to Lord Gran
vile by the AntiSlavery Society simple in their
character and practically amounted to the plain sue
geston that person born after certain date eAoud
be slave Colonel Gordon often that the chief dr.
hcuty in the Of putting end slave was not
In securing the Khedives sanction satisfactory law
but the certainty that such law would be followed by
completely contradictory one. Thus Colonel Gordon
says that he bad order signed by the Khedive 10 mt
70 aeaIn al slave dealers or persons taking slaves
% other Thieh calls slayetaking robbery and murder;
hve months TO i've years imprisonment; aud a fourth
Egypt LORD granville sbeas az & ot slaves Is le IN
press the slave traffic. 1' " sup
What will become of the British TAR
should his grog be stoppedi 1t may be- whatever
the consequences for the reform been discussed
In the House OF Commons apropos Of q resoluton
offered by Mr.. Came, who said that though tho
emal
teetotalers are In the habit selling their uouar
TO those who fond Of IT. Grog often given TO ettv
officers as a bribe by who are anxious to eseana
being reported and punished Mr. Game thought that al
though exposed TO extremes Of climate sailors work hs
ter without the stimulus Of ardent spirits Teetotaers
In the Navy always selected for special duties on the
ground that they Trustworthy The sailors o..
the eighth of pint OF per diem, and this might p-
could be stopped seamen also permit their rations 10
soenmnlate for 6o1.s on particular day The new
under twenty years of age. The allowance of rum 10
sell it, Sailors who choose can have hot ehocos. sS4
there talk Of giving abstaners an eoaivse1t
In the shape OF increased wages.
Mention was made in this column recentlv
OF new discovery in marine architecture by Professor
Rao ul Pctet of Geneva who is constructing small
steamer for working model Professor Picet erpecSs
tnat vessel built the principle he has devised
Will draw less and less water speed incrases Tina
gliding over the instead OF pushing through IL
The model which he is building win DO ftytvo ana
one-han feet long and eleven and a half feet broad
She is expected draw thirteen inches fore and eeh
teen inches aft while lying anchor and tofths of
an inch fore and six and Onehaf inches aft when going
fuil speed The engine viii be placed aruidship from
which point 10 the screwshaft and the keel
form an Inclined plane the bows long taperng and
wedgoshaped. The inventor expects 10 effect a great
saving OF fuel, believing that steamer built on his
plan can be kept at fu speed With onethird The ex-
Pendture o. force with which it started trial trip
viii pe haue on Lake Geneva next November and the
model Is expected 70 reach speed OF forty miles an
TiD4ee
who furnishes the above description writes fbsf Pro,
lessor Pictets previous scientific ba e
SO remarkable that many people who
reasoning hare no hesitation in accepting his con.
clueions. MS WA
Twelve miles northwest of FARGO. Dali ia
farm which s declared by every one who has seen n
Dc "a model In equipment and management and ths
claim is made good by the splendid crop which il has
produced this year. The owner is John b. RAYMOND.
united states Marshal for Dakota who went TO the var
When ne was sixteen years old, and served TN IL vas
over The farm only two years old and this is the first
crop MT Raymond was recently requested 20 furnish a
rev totals from his account-book and the reckoning
stands as follows: Before receive a return from
our crop we shall have invested $50 oOo That includes
the purchase of our land the erection OF five barns
o"ennghouSe, an elevator capable Of holding 100000
pushes OF whea and oats all the and machinery
necessary TO run the farm and all the OF breaking
the land planting and reaping crop ard delivering
IL at the market We have 1000 scres in wheat snd
enough oats to keep our stock We shall get about
twenty live bushels 70 the acre. which will be $4,000
bushels from the entire place. We shall save out our
seed wheat for next year. and then sell the crop
ABOUT $oOoOO" That is return of about 90 per cent
upon the investment, or dividend OF As per cent year.
Ier the farm lay idle the first months pur
Casc 10 the question: Do consider it an advan-
stge 70 own your own stock and do your own work
nir. raymond replies There are as many WAYS %
farming as there OF going TO heaven and YOU viii
nu tnas every FARMER likes his method
slder III 20 cent cheaper own NV machinery and
stoc ana oeeve II is more economical 90 borrow
W puy sock and machinery than 20 hire the work DONE