New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-10
GENERAL NOTES.

Drinkers of Indian tea win be glad to learn
that the Of its cultivation is rapidly extending
About 100000 acres devoted TO the plant
and this years crop, believed will not fall short OF
50.00O,0O0 ponds.
The Baltimore pyrotechnist who received
from the Congressional committee contract 10 fur
nsh fireworks for the Yorktown celebration viii display
eight set pieces the evenings October Is and 10
from RATS canahoats in the river The representa-
ton of the surrender OF Lord CORVALLIS will De forty
feet square six hundred the largest rockets have
been ordered and sixty twelve-inch shells.
y handbook giving general account Of the
jews just issued by Dr. r. Andree estimates their total
number throughout the world al about 100000. Only
100000 of the 10 De found in Asia 100000 in
Africa 100000 in America and 20 600 In Australia The
great majority of the than 100000 live in
Europe. Roumana contains a far larger number Of
Jews in proportion to its population than any other
European country namely, IA per cent; while Norway
contains only 81 individuals OF the The local dis
trbution of the Jewish population different countries
is traced out with great pains by Dr. Audree Thus in
some Of the Government districts OF Russian Poland fhe
the population. Although for the of Germany the
the Cy OF Berlin II has increased 10 nearly per cent
The st. GOthard Railway is so rapidly an
preaching completion that schedule OF has been
printed in Swiss guide-hook. Starting from Roth.
ereuz eleven miles from Lucerne the line runs along
the western shore OF Lake rug the base OF the
Right and past Lake Lower striking the Lake OF LII
ceTne AT BIUnnen From Fueen the begins 20 ascend
tho valley of the Beuss attaining an altitude OF l55s
iect ABOVE the level % the Erstfeld 10 thac
point the gradient nowhere exceeds in 900 but from
Erseld TO Amsteg IL reaches 20 in LOCO From Anses
the line runs through number Of tunnels andver
number Of bridges TO Gurnelen sight miles from Fin
ellen, where h attatns altitude 2427 feet PROM
Gurnellon the line ascends Che mountansde in series
of bold spiras crossing the Rcuss several rimes and
passing through the Pfslensprung tunnel lIS- metres
m length Then running through the Wattngen tunnel
d reaches the station Of Mascn. above
level Leaving Masen the lines back again M the
iccon OF Fluelen then, turning. through
NaNberg tunnel 1870 metres IN length and peaches ne
station OF Goschenen There the 81. GOtiGrd tunnel,
nine and "a hall miles long, begins.
There was one passenger-a woman-on
Louisville and Nashville Railroad train. the other day
who evidently believed that railroads made for he
people and not the people for railroads. BY some un
toward mlscance she dropped her teeth from
the car window The thought Of going her friends &c
Nashville all toOthless be endured 80 she
summoned the conductor and ordered the train be
taken back TO Louisville TO the nearest town where
dentist to be found The conductor demurred and
finally compromised the matter by stopping the train
five minutes while the woman's husband ran back 10
hunt up the teeth when this time expired he had not
returned and the train was started on without him.
Forthwith the wife sought conductor and demanded
that he stopped that she might get of and stay with
her husband The conductor hesitased. The wife n.
marked, stop this train and put me or or III nut a
bullet through you" Here business and the train
was backed TO the place where the husband was and he
got on again, but without having found the MISSING
treasure Then the wife insisted that the train Ia
" turned around and back o 'r,,s tbe
avoid the threatened bullet to do and the tram
went on with It's oothess but rate passenger on reac
Of the teeth was teegraped back, and they found
and sent on by the next train.