New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-16
GENERAL NOTES.

An addition is about TO be made to the
Announcements of the French army. This Is small
metal plate which every soldier will be required To wea;
suspended from his neck, engraved with his name ana
the number OF his gimen II s designed as means o
dentincaon but aside this it may be expected TO
serve useful purpose not contemplated by the muary
authorities Current anecdotes prove for surely no one
would lie upon such subject that az least onehai OF
the soldiers engaged in the late rebellion were preserved
from fatal bayouct and bullet wounds by me interview
ton Of their mothers Bibles Assuming his proportion
as basis for calculation II is altogether probable mat
army might wage long end momentous war without
the loss Oi "a single man.
The current number OF me Sdhtdjy ERy'-
,er prnts in full the report made August % by Colo
mel Warng upon the plumbing and drainage OF the
White House, and, in editorial article, after placing
the responsibility for tine dsyaceful condition Of the
Executive Mansion at the doors OF Congress ana not
with Colonel Rockwell and his predecessors thus SUMS mp
tue ms tier: Ii seems however, that puDEc Op'
ian will insist ON voting the money make our EXecu-
tive Mansion least reasonably safe to 1--we H. the WIN
holding Of which seems be the only reason Tor the ex'
tcnce Of the antGuated and defective system Of drain
nee there prevailing Unt it is pulled out and entirely
reconstructed the White House viii be behind our
better class of New York tenement houses in this impor
tan particular The Temporary changes suggested Og
glad 20 hear tAat they are being maHe Nc tLisi t''as
C0urs. viii at one, make the necessary appr"pa rs
IN have work reconstructed IN the best manner l1S
present knowledge makes possible
number of small fires and other accidents
have occurred ut the Paris Electrical ExhlDlon' pfo'a
b IN every case through careessness ON one OCCASION
a gentleman leaning over to examine clOseV III III
tcrr.tinc machine when his gold watch made cOnnec
ton between conducting wires which hapPehea 10
be exposed The chain immediately became relhot ana
set fire 10 the wastcoat against which part 81 II rested
The following day another man was almost slIed by
dynamoeectric machine. Part OF the conducting wire
was not insulated, and war lying on the hoor' ne
touched the stand OF lamp which formed part Oh Tue
conducting system. His body then formed connection
through the ground the naked wire, and his muscles
contracted so as 10 cause his hand 20 clench the lamp
Ten lamps in circuit nc the time, ana 50 mueh cur
rent was passed through him that eight OF them were e
tin euished He poweress to uncasp MS manu-
Every muscle in his body paralyzed His face was
distorted his lungs acted upon that ne couii
scarcely breathe. He could only utter faint ana I'M
natural cry The workmen in The place fed from me
works shop believing that some explosion was uU1,
bat flmdng this impossible lifted HE legs from the
ground. This broke the circuit ana hl5 han"s 20
i.J Will lruing sparks flew to his hands ~ the &c
tIon breaking the circuit He insenaibie, but has
recovered and devised an improE nv, ~ a. ''f
which will prevent recurrence of sdch All a'cI'h'
That was singular ceremony which took
I,co reccutly in Pretoria when Dumber OF Englsh-
mon bnred with solemn rites their counrys nag as u
protest against the treatment when bf'u S"'JeV''
and the British flag have received at the hahas OF 'he
British Government" The iunerI WIS "r'"u-'' "
take place as nearly possible at the Tine "heh IL
was cxpectcd that the convention would be signed
v,,i,e drained with tIack provided, drawn by Two
borses clothed in sabcs. Inside the carriage raised
platform was placed to receive the cohh upon Tue III
of which the following mscr ption was placed; 9" IN
Loving Memory of the British Flag in the TFanSVaai
who Departed this Life the 2nd August ISL III hef
Firth Year I'm other clmes none know thee Dut 10
Iov. thee Rcsur-am" The coffin which contained inc
flag was placed upon the platform provided ann" 'Ho
jecpes silence the people assembled standing with nm
,,.or,d heads About $50 white people followed tho
beorsc and large number Of Kair chiefs and thelr
rctnnc fc in making the total number about 600 ia no
nrnrssion ON arrival at the grave the CONN was tSeh
from the hearse aud lowered into the place prepared lOr
II with the greatest reverence and decorum anu an
ra.in was delivered referring 10 the gores associated
win the British flag for thousand leafs-a nag 10.
isdin low in the dust ounded TO TIE heart by an uhAl
,T, horn nf a portion of her honor AZ the mead OF
the crave was placed tombstone bearing the same H.
srri,,fion as That on the colin.