New-York tribune., 1881-03-28
GENERAL NOTES.

p,yoaa,nb;a has adopted new and pleas
sn cn.om AZ weddings in the placing Of baskets ot
ower stands in the asss TnS S% TfiSn fSe church,
invited to help themselves wnen ioa'"N w u.
A racently deceased Second Adventist, OF
rambr,are Mass fred Parthan shot at what mao
herp 70 him stssteiul religious doctrine, by the pro
vision IN his WILL that OF his estate shall co. Nv
sny mc to any person who believes in the doctrine OF
mans Inconsistencies in death and the annina'on or
exlinction OF being OF the finally impenitenI
The Fish Commissioners of Maine have
aonted plan of marking salmon, TO obtain information
hs "a their development and migration. Several hun
red have been labelled with light metal tags, numbered
and recorded and liberty In the Penobscot RIVER
u requested that persons catching any OF these n
will forward them at once TO the CommlssiOhsrs "no
will pay extra prices Tor them.
A mechanic of Rochester, N. Y, has, accord
fng 10 his statements, just completed dppcate OF
the celebrated astronomical clock Of srasburg IN Wcn
city he was born and lived for many years The only
difference between the workings Of the two clocks In
their size and in the form Of the astronomical pornoD
Tsa .ssa fortbe main part OF the Rochester clock 10
ten and one high, while II is M all
sSac proportonate to the CLOCK seventyve feet high
which II initiates.
The method by which the Brush Electric
Light Company proposes to illuminate the CITY oi Cin'
cnnat II the Board Of Public Works accepts the OFFER
20 erect 200 feet height and place on TOP OF
them lamps with capacity OF from 10000 to $4,000
candle power and seventy-fve foot posts lamps Of
s,.u ,Oo to O0y candle power central station has
been established machines. with total capacity OF
e0s 600 candle power now being manufactured and
the & scIfsny % month rom this date According to
contract 70 be 20 per cent less tnAn tne poe
now paid for gas
The nature. cause and prevention of fogs
and clouds are subjects OF prime Importance In England
consequently it surprising that Mr. John Aken
r. r g. should propound new aud singular theory In
agard 70 them He contends that II Is the presence IN
the air of minute particles Of dust which absorb moi
re from atmosphere. that causes the iormauon o
,.ts and Clouds Hence. II the air were kept free from
siust there would Clouds no fogs and possibly no
rain. This theory may contain much trntn; y
Iondop fo9s hut general the world Will De apt 70
treat il as d the Royal Society OF Edinburgh with gres
csution
The Turkish Government fears, it is said,
an outbreak of hostties with Greece not 30 much on
account OF she OF Greek arms as OF the
nrobability Of Simultaneous and sympathenc insnr-
rection among Armenians, who are purer In pooo
and stronger In the retention Of early national charac
terscs than any other Of the subugaed races In the
O,toman Fmuire Modern Armenians exhibit nearly
mn the physical and mental traits chat under the lead OF
the great kings Of Pontus successfully antagonized tbe
Degicns Of Rome; and were that ancient spirit once
reused from ts present ethargy, Mosem domination In
Asia Minor would probably be of short dursfioa How
much the Porto fears such event has recently been
strikingiy revealed. An enterprisDg Armenian pub
Ssber brought out series OF portraits Of ancient kings
OF his native Land. copied from old coins and medals
Ferthw:h he was arrested by the Turkish Censor his
stoek confiscased, and himself cast into jail, under
regime which recognises no writ of hsbeas corpus
About the same time Armenian almanac, containing
and historical account Of the ancient king
aon was suppressed Nor did this persecution cease
upt it had spolIaed the houses OF some vendors oi
cigarette papers, had decorated their rooms with
p0rsratts Of Armenian kings No such animosity Ii
shown toward portraits Of ancient Greeks for the rea
son. probably that their descendants OF to-day resemble
them cnly tn name In this respect even, the mighty
ere sadly fallen correspondent writes thas he has
two friends Msnelsus and Ulysses In the corn trade
ma nsped Epamirondas, who is a money changer, and
hes Perices for his clerk and another Le9nidas who
6 bed-ridden with the gouL he also nao servan,
named Aristides whom he dismissed ior pclnR unHorny
of tho surname, :" The Just"