New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-21
GENERAL NOTES.

One of the first acts Of the Department OF
Agriculture and Commerce Just established in Japan
20 Issue Instructions 20 the various projects AMI
local authorities requiring them to render all possible
assistance In the way OF supplying models books etc.
70 the artist artisans. This class OF gorken said
has for the part been without these appliances fo
cOhridcrhbte 'lmc, bdt tle Goycrnment Is at length
aroused 10 the necessity or rowling n possible the
spirit and technical excellence OF the ancient art.
The dog that is lodged on n shelving rocl,
at Niagara, from which escape, unaided, Is impossible /,
grand subject for inspiration inventors all over the
country and many plans for his rescue have been
offered. Ore Is 10 supnOose him; second. Ia catch
him with Textbook; and third. to let down a baskss
containing meat, into which the dog viii get and
be drawn up safelyif he ba- good sense; WHILE II La
jumps out and IS lost sill bc evident that hc was not
worth saving. The plan having the merit Of boldest
originality d. 20 lower down another bull pup well Sc
cured 10y rope tie two VIII ciirch. Gnd bulldogs
hcN" rt 70 D2tA VII DC drawn up safely % the s0ndof
NlNaciOds music.
The latest new departure " in newspaper
enterprise Is reported from SewOrieans I N, Demo.
crl OF that city has httrd Up branch O,ce on barga
which. having been to~cd up tho Mississippi River 10
Memphis, f. now floating down 10 Ncw-O.saas again,
stopping 1t oil points Of Interest on thc Wly % gather
Information concerning the country along TIE lgor and
for some distance back into ;Ae interior the barge u
Sixty feet long with twelve feet width 81 BEAM Isin.
terror recommendations comprise business CdtO-li and
J'' oh',7 composing and press root-, sleeping apart
IentH. dining rnoi3, krhriI aud stable Etr o r.,s
urcd In making lard tiip- back from lie ri.sr Il u
Practically fully equipped newspaper establshuens
Hiolt
One Of the contractors on the California
Southern Railroad reported De employing Indians
with satisfactory rcsults Tbs j. practically now cr
pertinent. athoug! for more tsn acentuFy luau labor
ha7 been occasionally ro,or;cd Oh "a. Pacific Coat,
chiefly IN agricultural occupations ~ p'n;- who're tho
services Of white not 10 De obtained. T. 80 bo-
sides. Interesting ania hopeful experiment for tay
De- Pr ieic with reasonable degree OF as uranc' t.,
means ~ cy.lne the Indian. daily and -rema'ie
work for which be il promptly paid and 70 r llihfll
performance hich he II strictly held. WI, accomplish
than treaties and training schools Hitherto with
the nArruw limits which have prescribed DIE p.1y.
the Indian Aas been reasonably efficient worker
The early mission buildings OF Cali orn1 wcrc built by
the aboriencs. they hclpd to plant mi cultivate the
first vineyards "a that rccun aud toy al, stu employed
to considerable extent IN the vine! ar- of Southern
California.
An Extraordinary story of shipwrrck is
brought 10 san Francisco by the Pacnc MAJ steamship
CITY OF Picking which left Yokohsm. on May - on the
following day when about 800 miles IRON port and 100
fgoni laad. her officer. signal Of distress dying
from = dl-mantcd craft. A boat To the wreck
md returned with nine japanese sailors who declared
that they had been Heating around h,plcssy for nearly
.i1 months TIER vessel the Yeisho Maru. u ~
register, out from H,kodadi on December With
cargo OF beans. seawecd aud ocke For weeks after
ward she pursued by fierce gales, her mast
ried away, ana the compass swrpt into TIE with
nearly everything else sho had board except the
and the cargo. From that time the sailors subssed
hcans and scnvced securing fresh by spread
Ing out piece or canvas Whenever u ranrd onn tbs
old and inrm man clmbed to tho hardship
ana exposure. bus tho rest. though IN sOckingy hhy
condition were In fair health The rss-enGrS nv tho
city OF feslng got UP concert and collected s3 tof
their benefit