New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-22
GENERAL NOTES.

While young lady of jamestown was bath.
ing in Chautauqua Lake the other day. All impertinent
turtle seized her by the Her screams brought
friends to her assistance or she would certainly
been drowned bat the turtles grip was like bulldogs
and after its head had been cut of it TO
pry the jaws apart. II cruel experience lor the
young iady OF jamestown, but without these little incl
dents OF summer leisure, correspondence seaside
Lake and mountain would be one-han picturesque
1t was supposed that the farmer who sued
for trespass the boy who saved him drowning had
attained the topmost pinnacle OF meanness, but viii
soon be forgotten in contemplation of the New-London
saloon oeper who offered reward the poor honest
young man who had returned lost purse containing
$500 by shaking with him for drinks. The poor
est young lost, proving the truth OF the
grand OLD maxim that honesty the best policy; for If
ne had noi Spent an ms money ior the drinks he would
low would now have been whiting in tic grasp lock-
Locusts in comparatively small numbers have
appeared along the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad
III Dakota and in Minnesota but have thus far done
very little damage to crops a struggling line
wandering brgands Of the desert" says The 81 Pa,d
Pioneer Press OF last Monday. visible yesterday
flying very high, at White Bear Lake near ST. Paul.
They were moving southward; bat though the process
sion was long one. il very thin and scattered
eating that they were few IN numhers-too few they
should aignt to DO amy PercePtiee injury TO crops
present Nslt wl prove 10 be- anything more than Of
locusts sometimes indulge" ~
An eccentric old gentleman in Lincolnshire
England eighty-three, Is stated SO firmly con-
WINGED OF the approaching end OF the world that he
ordered an immense balloon be made own con-
venience by means OF which he hopes witness the
destruction of the planet without sharing its
inhabitants He will take him in his ascent timed
provisions brandy soda wafer, cla and other creature
comforts IN sufficient quantities hs requirements
for three years by which hc calculates his life Will
nave come TO natural close. He Il opinion that
among the debris of the world viii several large frae
ments, on OF which be will Ice able effect descent
at an opporune moment ami find refuge for his few
remaining years He proposes 10 take with him
panion bat gamekeopeI. who has been long ns ser
wee and for whom he as great regard lie has. how
years Old that when the prov sions in the balloon
exhausted he will have 10 shin for himself. aud may
therefore three years time be without means of sub
siStence Having made these arrangements. the old gen
uenan is perfectly calm, aud indeed cheerful. Hee
poets he declares, TO get better without the world
than with it,
General 4. c. Jones, United States Consul NJ
Nagasak Japan, has forwarded the Department
private letter written 10y Frank Cowan giving an
account OF visit Core. whose mysterious confines he
recently succeeded in PENETRATING. As naturalist and
nomnay surgeon of japanese steamer he entered the
ports OF Fusan and Glngan, on the eastern coast which
by treaty are open 10 japanese During his
stay he collected much Information and many vain
able specimens illustrating the ply steal and social op,
uon of this strange country and it's inhabitants With
respect TO gold writes Dr. Cowan, am OF the opinion
that the next Of the countries the golden rim Of tho
Pacific after Peru. California and Australia TO disfnrb
the monetary equilibrium OF the world viii be Co,.a
And with respect TO my relations with the Coreaus
may add that, bearing banner more alarming than n
butterfly net, and weapons formidable and pr
NocatiNo of war than pencil and pl-boN excited only
good hunored curiosity and a smile of ming,
ncnt and amusement at my incomprehensiSle occups-
ton. and was unmolested accordingly nothing in
the shape OF among them and nothing in their
features ana manners OF the ftroclous wrcckers
ratica cuihroats. OF which have read and heard as
forming alarming proportion OF the the
strange peninsula
This may be known in the future as the era
Of canal digging one OF the many gigantic projects
which engaging the attention engineers and
capitalists the world over is the construction OF canal
between the North Sea and the Baltic first suggested
aerthe conclusion OF the Danish According 10 the
original plan, drawn 10y the Prussian Government
engineer Lenze, I'm 1858. the canal run from St
Margarethen, the Lower Ehe. Eckernforie on tho
Baltic and the cost estimated 100000 marks
Ii afterward decided that in make the canal
debouoh in the Bay OF Kcl and the extra expense OF
doing this estimated 10y Lentze 80 600 900 rs
Various objections, however made TO the plan
chiefly on the ground OF expense aud was Ultimately
dropped Other proposals subsequently, made from
time 10 time; and in ISIS Hamburg engineer Herr
Dahlsrom, published pamphlet strongly advocating
he establishment OF waterway between the two seas
matter of International interest, suggesting
e work should be undertaken 10y Joint stock COM
pany subsidized by the Government. The state of fbe
money market at that time favorable the g.
Establishment for the purpose: mat
ter has seriously been taken up by private fnaD-
ciers. and second pamphlet has been led IN Herr
Dahsrom suggesting that the canal should proceed from
Brunebutel Ia Hoencau The Baltic and estimating
its al 80 100000 marks.