New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-31
GENERAL NOTES.

The absurd and indecent exercises Of The
AutiC lrrfcal Congress, which recently met 70 PanA
were appropriately closed by little sr Who rcced
parody On the Lords Prayer
An extra performance Of the Greek play viii
n. given this week at Cambridge. probably tomor
row evening Ia start fund for the foundation OF 90
American College OF Archaeology at Athens. The seau
will bc sold ~ $40 and $3.50 for the first gallery and
~ for the second and II n believed that 5000 viii
cleared Professor Norton Is confident that 5000 mos
viii b. subscribed within "a hours, IN case the pay
Is successful
In the course of ms testimony at the inquest
on Satnray the engineer Of the Victoria made this sig
nneant remark: The Captain was poweress, however,
to do ANYTHING in Fighting tho boat. he dared not
leave the wheel. believe that had the boat had
whrclsman. is the In all other places, the accf
dent would never have occurred, for the captain coni'
have attended TO the crowd" In word, boisterom
crowd Of three or hundred people was len utterly
uncontrolled by any person In authority Inc captain
od not leave the wheel and the engineer had no rghi
to leave his place He did however several times ap-
There could not well be clearer Illustration OF the
criminal which esteeins dollar more than
"A human life.
The Mountain Echo, n weekly paper of Cal
avcrs County CAL enjoys the unique distinction OF hav
Ing set up in It's early days, by the teeth OF IL,
foupd.r His name Ia s. s. Waterman and his and
legs have been totally parayzed all his life. Having
liking for newspaper work. he learned TO type Win
his teeth, and, having good educauOn composer hs
editorials and other articles and put them IN type Win
out writing them He has given up newspaper WORK
and confines himself Ia Job printing and engraving hold
ing the engraving tools with his teeth and thus doing az
the work Of his Office running the prcs for when
more power required than he can furnish win hsJA".
Gassi pacha, who was sent to Bahr-el-GaLaI
by Kng John Of Abyssna some time ago ON an errand
which combined military service and exploration. nss
returned TO suez where he is lying dangerously III I'D
bozntal unless, indeed, he Is already dead He va
very successfu In raid against the troublesome to
~ the Bahrei anal aud having secured their tempo
rary submission and taken possession OF largo num'r
OF sayes and Of their chief depot OF tusks he was "oS
tne his way up tho White Nile when his little steamer ~
came hopelessly entangled In forest OF weeds. In
hardsps there experienced by Gass raehs and bis eou
pauons were horrible without either FOOD or faei To-
sixty days these wretohsd creatures literally ae'os'1
each other; and OF about 300 persons not more InAa
forty remain alive Gas Pseha himself declares ~
aftr having eaten his shoes and the lealhern Delt
eoabbard he remained six days without food Oh h
perctul change OF wind coming ~ last 10 sne M
of the sufferers they managed 70 getto nuex vu.
Tho fnrty cannibals the worse TOT tue ~
shns m Ia doubted whether 0assi Pachs VIII sI""'
marai and physical torture Of that terrible time -
An extraordinary performance which nos
xtth.tandnr ts inplous character and serious rssa
must have been ludlcrous thing 10 witness II0m -
| cure point of observation, occurred rsf~n"