New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-06
GENERAL NOTES.

New-Orleans sits cOlnplacently amid the
breezes from the Gulf and listens tie walls FROM heat
stricken cities Of he North Fortunately FOR her this is
an oh-year With the yellow fever.
Two little girls in ST. Louis found curious
ball attached TO piece OF wire. and with the paronabe
curiosity Of childhood, determined discover what IL
was made Of So they took quiet alley and gave IL
blow with Ratchet Two Of the fragments have been
extracted from Jennie Landergans left leg aud one sin
remains in her right eseek Maggie Coynes left ear was
nht open The parents Of these girls eudeavor
road torpedo lying where would do the least good
Now that Amsterdam is directly connected
with ocean traffic by the North Sea Canal il is proposed
To lay hands upon the commerce OF the Rhine by in
land canal running to that river With this object in
view plan was recently introduced i'm the StaiesGen-
era by the Government which, however does not meet
with universal approval. The principal objections arc
that such canal would divert much OF the West German
,Iaic from R9tcram and that the route proposed is
the legislature, and Is strongly supported which pro.
Bhineland and the Dutch metropolis
1t cannot be truthfully said that one freak
OF nature makes the whole world kin but by that un-
usual fundamentally jet black negro woman Il
shippensburg Penn, is being rapidly merged into the
caucasian race, so Tar as her outward appearance goes
The color of her skin observed Ia become white
on the edges OF the face, and patch black skin
only two or three inches square around the nose
and mouth The transformed surface is not % a pure
and healthy white but has sallo@ tinge like the skin
o c@iaed dN spepiic The woman Is M good heath
ahlr 20 PROVIDE decent living herself her
back children. II this interesting story has no found
tlon m act, special correspondent Of The lFGfFft4
Press must endure the consequences.
The recent examination for the scholarship
presented by the city companies FOR children in Al
tendance NJ the London Board schools is said 70 have
been satisfactory. but the examiner WAS unqnestioabv
right when he SAID that some ~ the answers would
stagger those who believe that there is always good
reason for wrong answer. Here OF the most
amusing specimens: " The climate OF England deter
mines TO be rather unhealthy Of it's having 40
many smells and stinks, such tanners, aud many
others" The Old World naturally was Europe and,
now the New World is Europe. Asia, etc. Bnenos is
IN Germany; Ayres in France" The history papers
contain statements of still more startling character:
3" Milton wrote a sensible poem, called Canterbury
Tales" Henry H. got drinking Intoxicating LIQUORS
until he was commonly called drunk" Magma Charta
was so that the people should worship the place
where Moses died" Magma Charta was ordered nv
the king 10 be bcheaded lie fed ITALY but was cap
TIRED and executed Free trade meaps not connected
with any other establishment and charging no discount"
One boy described Henry H. doing penance FOR his
share in Becket's death by walking harefoof ana r..
celNing wacks with berch."