New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-26
GENERAL NOTES.

The vendors of smoked horse and donkey
hrsh at the recent Ham Fairin Paris dida good business
Statistics show that the liking for horsenesb, though
acquired and doInestcated In Paris by the bard
Necessity of the sirge, not disowned in the piping
times of peace The horse and the have become
ticcs ~ every day consumption In the capital and
their food is constantly increasing In extent
The two colossal bronze sphnxes which are
to be placed al the foot OF ClcOpatras needle the
Thames Enbankment will De finished BY August next
One OF them ir nearly completed already, md II the sFg
bronze casting In piece made, weighing.
II does about seven TONS and standing nine feet high
The lions ut the base Of the Nelson Column in Trafagar
egre were east In twenty seven parts aud riyetoa to-
th'r and these sphinAes viii have much the advantage
Of them ia size
The project of propelling Chicago street-cars
10y 0f endless cables has received an impetus from
The visit superintendent Holmes 10 san Francisco
whittier he went for the purpose OF examining the sys
IL Is there employed lie has returned enttsias.
tiray fas OF adopting II 10 Ccagoa and preliminary
trial will be made Without donbt II viii cost
more To- propel strcccars in this way IN Chicago than 10
costs III Fraucisco owing to heavy SHOWS and rcez
iug weather. compcllng a larger outlay To keep the
cabc- IN IRE" working order bnt MT HOLMES Goes not
anticipate any -rriouS obstacle from ths cause
Mr. Denis kcarncy, eX-agitator, and still
the chief light OF the sand Lots. where. however II must
boz confessed h. emit only very mild efgcnce, has
done "a reporter OF The Sacramento Reoori- nion the
honor submit himself t. rightcolunn interview.
His auage though less pictorial than formerly still
nhouus rhetoric sufficiently di-rrcdtable 10 satisfy
any reasonable IL Is interesting 10 hear that lie IS
ab"u o form new political organihaiinn the aim and
object 81 which viii De Ia convert the entire country INTO
Garden OF Eden, OF course without snakes or the down
or i"lDpidcn iruit.
The Boston Public Library is rejoicing in
trembling hope that has become the possessor of
autograph of Shakespeare. In folio translation o.
Pluarchs Lives" published In London In 1903, and at
some the property Of Richard Ha" hns, wac found
strip OF parchment put In To strengthen the binding,
aud upon this what Is believed to be genuine sut'
graph Of The poet The Characteristic Ia very marked
AMI th fact that the name IA written above and partly
over .ho ~, morindnm twenty pounds, taken ~ con
nrctiou Win ihc place IN which me naint j. inuha, Is
thought to indicate That the hgualre n rehiy gtuiho'
The brilliant illumination OF certain parts OF
Loou l various systems 81 electric lighting, which
are un. Loins trial by the municipal authoriiics Is
not matter for unaoyed congratulations; for several
huis have rccc al that the wires might DE tam
prrr with IN -IcE way 20 throw the central thor
uughnrrs into complete darkness To guard against is'
sb accidents Therefore of the gas lamps 10
m kp nghted and steps will be taken Ia pat the cleo
tric wins beyond the reach OF misrhicycns hands Tho
possibility thu, hntd at is certainly an important con
'i Citing on this side Of the Atlantic has received
llttlr or uu attention.
According Ia the report of the English ros-
tai telegraph stem Of 1880 the number OF postal iee-
graph offices IN the United Kingdom has been increased
10 J,j5l, ana Inc huiutI VI bi'HN'-'' s"'N'""'' w
9G5l-l37 Referring to these figures letter IN
Toronto paper draws attention 10 the fact that III tho
Dominion OF Canada the telegraph service IN proper
tion to the population furnishes three times IA many
Offices ~ are provided IN Great Britain As regards tho
messages transmitted they proportionatey 10 poPu-
latnn double those by the English system, while
in the mileage lines and wires the comparison IL stu
GREATLY in favor OF Canada The rates for transmission
Of messages the Dominion are much less being Only
20 cents ~ against % cents In England while the dis
tauc,s are far greater ia claimed for Canada that ~
telegraph system j. superior that OF other coun
a., ia The world in extent of lines, facilities Afforded
rnr- aud number Of messages Transmitted In proportion
10 the population. The VI ntreal Company, OF when
~r Iueh Allan Is president aud which l. the arSrst
company the Dominion. has rarely paid less tii ~
per cent per du and never less than per cuht