New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-02
GENERAL NOTES.

A tiny exchange comes from Carlisle Bar.
racks, Penn, the editor being Master Sam Townsend
Pawnee Indian boy. There four pages, each by
2a inches. 1t called School Yes and has the anbt
tiOus motto " A pebble cast the lie felt from
shore to shore thought from the mind set free viii
echo on forevermore"
A French criminal made strong bid for
imprisonment fortnight ago at Avignon. While uu-
dergong examination at police court be suddenly
Exclaimed that the magistracy was the enemy Of the
Republic, and, sutng the to the word. threw
at the presidents head which n fortunately
missed The fellow, paid dearly for this bit OF
amusement being Immediately condemned to five year
imprisonment Il
Prince Bismarck has his own way of man.
aging the press. Dr. Busch who recently his Press
Secretary having stated that he had nothing do with
the editing OF the Gcns6oten and its late sensational ar
tcles against the Jews and the Saxon Government Dr.
Blum the former editor Of the Journal positively
that Dr. Busch has had the absolute control
the political of that periodical since the beginning
OF 1879; that Dr. Busch has written. admit
ted single article unless he knew IL to be agreeable to
the Chancellor and that for these services he has
ceived and is in receipt Of fixed salary from the funds
at the personal disposal OF the Chancellor.
The trial of eighty-tOn guns on board the
turret ship Infeble concluded of the Isle OF Wight
fortnight ago. The ship got under weigh shortly after
O'Clock. aud steamed out to the back OF the island
fifteen miles, The weight OF the projectles
LOO pounds, and all the charges were Of $50 pounds
Twenty shots were red with one gun. two guns. and
three guns simultaneously. The direction OF the frng
varied from abeam to 75o before and abat the beam.
The results satisfactory; the officers OF the dock
yard indeed express their surprise, the defects being
next to nothing, and confined to the starting Of few
bolts All sorts Of vessels with all sizes OF guns from
twenty-five tons upward have been Portsmouth for
trial. but the Inf xbe Is said to have stood the test even
more Satisfactorily than some ships with lighter ord
The vessel returned TO SpLhead 10 take run
the measured mile for tile trial OF her new screws Tho
electric light has realized the highest expectations
An anecdote related by the FraRkfarter
ZeilnO shows that German children bright enough
to ing the laugh down upon those pOmpOus wiseacres
the school inspectors. One Of these officers who
also a clergyman, examining Of the classes in
girls school, He put the question, Who was the Baron
Won Stein g. The whole class replied in chorus, "a
great statesman" Yes" SAID he, Z" and what is q
statesman Can you tell me-" he went on. pointing
little maiden at tie bottom OF the class. states
man." answered she, 1" Is who makes speeches
(Redcnl" THAT is not quite exact" said the
preacher. make speeches (Reden being technically
used for sermons as well as secular orations but a
her earlier definition. and called out statesman 10
a man who makes good speeches"
The citizens of London, too, groan under the
diatOriness OF paviOrs aud the ncfciency OF official
street sweepers The Ezaminer says that the in
genuity the local authorities of the Metropolis display
putting the public to the greatest inconvenience when
they have any Improvement work in hand is some
thing very remarkable. The recent paving OF Regent
with wood offered opportunity for exercising their
peculiar talent in this direction that the authorities
were not slow take advantage Of 1t is to be hoped
the sake Of the public and the unfortunate shop
Keepers, who must have suffered greatly from the
d,atory and nconvenient 10 which the paving
Oper ions carried out that Regentst will not
require TO be repayed again for many years
Unfortunately this cannot be reckoned upon with any
certainty. Wood paving tried In Oxtord-st, tho
Strand and other places forty years and
bod ha aurffh
great Interest aud approval O report by Lieutenant
Greene Assistant Engineer Of The District, upon wood
pdvomens and streetcleanmg I'm Washington, and signs
for n similar system in the latter department IN London.
When the paper makes the Inference that wood
pavements already being discarded in some parts OF
the United States" it does not exceed the facts The
day Of wood pavemeDts here seems past.