New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-14
GENERAL NOTES.

Tie total number of periodicals published
in tho United states at the beginning OF the present
1871 with aggregate circulation. per issue. Of
2O,G11J3S.
The damage done by the recent ice foods
70 $50 miles Of canals in the state Of Pennsylvania
proves to lie less taan first reared. probably
80 600 will li pay Tor all epats, while the great
IUoi ui 1850 cost considerably more.
General Joseph III. Geigcc is crowned by
The Cinri5U,Gi Commercial, win laurel the hand
s1mest man Ono. Considering Oho's prominence IN all
Of things tins a special distinction; and is OF tda
moro Ne suceIt was known before the General
since h, abIurcd politics. had become OF the cley,res
AMI wc-t lecturer, IN the country. IFS discourse on
"S.appuE Turtles can bo traced over the STATE Oy
wave cI Laughter
LoyoI} Of outdoor sports will be interested
IN the announcement a feature In hOrse-racug
which Is Ia introduced by the louisiana Jockey
Club OeIr sprIuS meeting, in April some of the
are 10 he run at ulght, the course being Illuminated by
cectI. lamps forty Of which 10 be provided for that
purpose II Is claimed that this plan will be OF great
value at turf meetings during he summer II will give
the horses well the jockeys and Spectators the
benefit OF the cool air OF the evening
An interesting proof of the intimate relation
between ignorance aud vice comes from Bavaria and
taken from an official In lower Bavaria OO45 OF
all buildings are schOObOuses, and .0OS71 of the poP1
laon are criminals. In Upper Franconia the school
houses number 0O7 OF MI buildings, and the criminals
only OOlH of the population. Iu Lower FrancOna the
former ratio is increased TO 01 and the latter decreased
to .OO3sl Statistics from Lower Palatnate, Upper
Bavaria aud the Paatnato that those provinces
conform tho same general rule.
The "garden-spot of the world" is place
more numerousy located than the birth place Of Homer
But the only original" modern Eden has surely been
discovered at General Roca, of the army Of the
Argentine Republic, found 1t and annexed 1t to that
country with the modest declaration that 1t was the
best agricultural region in the republic The Govern
ment approved his action, named the place Nanquen
and pronounced 1t the choicest patch OF soil In South
America Recently AN expedition has been fitted out 10
eudeaVOr possible rediScOyer the ground Whlcn
rather vaguely SAID to lie at the foot Oi the Andes
A triumph of science, as well as Of me-
chanlca art achieved last Tuesday at the Brush
Electric Light Works in Cleveland OniO IN the success
ful testing mammoth electric lamp, said TO be the
most powerful OF light ever made by man. I
illuminating power fifty times great as that OF the
ordinary electric light being equal TO that OF looOOo
candles. The lamp built to order Tor the BRUSH
Government aud to be- used the navy 10 scan the
sea for torpedOes. and TO furnish light IN night engage
ments and naueuvres. With the aid OF simple re-
Hector beam of hight II ia estimated can be projected
fifteen miles sufficiently strong TO read by The carbon
candle used is two and half inches in diameter and
heat estimated a. half million degrees ~ Sentrateu.
An engine Of forty horsepower 20 ''du'" W P'ONS
| the lght.
Tn. most beWildcring announcement OF
moI,rn times Is that of tins American Mutual Aid Ass0
|
c,ton for Unmarried People. which has been lncOrpO
a,. at Harrisburg Penn. The association Is open all
unmarried persons, male female between the ages Of
fen and seyentyye years. wlhOut regard race color
AR ureyious condition Of servitude. Upon payment OF q
certain sum- fixed by grad Lated schedule the member
recelyts IA certificate which entities him her upOa
roof Of marriage after the expiration OF least
year to receive 81 900 TO $4,000, according the
amount paid for membership. There various aunual
dues and assessments, which, in some mysterious way,
are supposed to secure tho financial standing Of tho
association. 1t IS apparent at glance that tue balance
Of advantages offered by the society lies decidedly
the stronger man need the highest litk
in joining IT, for 1t is the blessed prerogave OF his
To propose, and he would think Of Joining II uul
lie had thing. But in the OF the other
he circumstances are very different. For, although
10 woman whose personal disadvantages
" Have caused all hope to disappear
Oh ever wuning mans Affection"
certificate OF membership this association would edd
POSITIVE and palpsble attractions yet she night
ally pass the prescribed limit OF seventy five years with
out having anything 10 show for her money TO speak
Of the modification which she would endure at being
thus deOacred fUm further efforts the very OF her
feow'members Altogether the American Mutual AID
Association for Unmarried People to have been
founded direct violation Of that OF AhiSsrs which