New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-26
GENERAL NOTES.

The suDerintendent of the experimental TEA
farm nj s,immeryille s. c. 5000 teapants to the
Atlanta EXPOSITION, October 2l The average hegm
Of these uecimens which selected as far sample
OF the crop is about nineteen inches, and they look
healthy and hardy
Exclusive of the mortality from yellow fever.
Tho avera 70 death rate Of Memphis for five years pre-
vious 10 80 was "a per 900 annually II was sup
posed that the new system Of sewerage would decrease
this rate materially, and doubtless 1t would nave pro
dueed that desirable effect had not the people oeeh
IN drink filthy water since its completion. In reality
hwnTar The death rate has increased ahrnmcy, run
ming up nearly 60 per Loco for the week ehds Oco
Der 10.
Treasurer Gilfllan recently received letter
from man living in Caledonia County, w. who wishes
the Unitrd STATES 10 reimburse him for the loss OF his
pocketbook containing twenty SO bills, one $50 silver
certificate 50 note and two keys, which one ofs cows
Inadvertently or maciuusly swallowed. THIS eNprn-
sve fodder naturally brought distress upon the mau' p'
the COW is all right up to the present time 1t Is evident
that her internal arrangements have been IN no wise I'M
haired for her unfortunate owner remarks with noble
and charming simplicity, that the Keys ana remnants o.
the pockcthook were found upon the ground.
A business man recently asked The Boston
Journal why Gospel should not be attached to pass
.pcar trains s wen as smoking cars Conductor Harris
of the Old Colony Railroad through the same
parer that suggestion Is practical one He writes
There are hundreds OF Christian men, who delight IN
the worship of sod who spend irom six TO twelve hours
per week the railroad between home ana uu'"SN'
Now why not utilize this time to the glory of God
What fitting 1t would b. for tho business OF the c1!
Instead az card tables have organ or piano nave he
seats arranged facing the centre of the ear hsteal OF
spittoOus have IA carpet instead OF cards nave BDhs
and Gospel song books venture twenty years ralOad
experience that the thing is practical
The ST. Petersburg correspondent OF the Der
liner Taqebian gives description of the measures taken
10 insure the safety OF the Gar in the Annitchko" Fa
ace the town residence of the Emperor. An under
ground passageway through which pat OILS pass every
half hour surrounds the entire building IL can more
over be flooded at any moment by connecting 1t WITH the
Fotanka Canal, which passes close by Negotiations to
purchase the three honscs situated the NeYskoi Pros
pect immediately opposite the palace are now going on
between the Ministry of the Imperial Household and the
owners Among the houses il the one in which shell
jabow who was aerward hanged, perfected his plans
and Ia which Trigonij arrested lately The second
house selected by kObOsew convenient point To
start his mine from From the third, the Hotel Belle
vue rented recently by the Ministry OF the Imperial
Household one overlook, when the trees are leaf
less the Imperial gardens TIL price demanded by the
propretOrS of these three houses Is only 6,OOO,OOO
roubes but this it IN thought viii not deter the au-
thocs frOm buyng the property and converting II into
hinge barrrcls. The that tho buildings are "a be
offered by the Gar lodgings Ia Orers OF his house
hold il discrcited probably In view Of the many de-
fections which have lately been discovered among his
Immediate attendants