New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-08
GENERAL NOTES.

Inasmuch as New-YOrk, after much vexa-
ton and delay, is actually possessed OF Egyptian
monolth 1t is interesting the report that the
obelisk the Place de la Concorde is surely though
slowly cracking and crumbling in the pure atmos.
phere of Paris.
"The Christmas Grdphic,r issued by The
Daily Graphite of this city, is holiday number Of genuine
merit There is dOubepage illustration in coors
with four fullpsge four hafpage and many other pic
lures happily conceived and daintiy executed LILLY.
Polly's Christmas is charmingly illustrated by Mr. r.
s. Church. and all the pictorial work is admirably dOEe
The British Medical Journal reports an al
legged recovery from hydrophobia at Peshawur. The
patient boy five years old, had been bitten by mad
bulldog ard TO alleviate his suerings, his physician
DR.. John Buxton, OF the Army Medical Department ad.
minstered tincture OF Indian hemp. To the doctors
surprise the boy awoke perfectly well after hours
sleep. These facts apparently reported upon sun.
cent authority to warrant careful Investigation aud
experiment on the part OF medical men.
An incident related by the Rev. William
Herbert smyth Of Port Austen Michigan, home mis-
sonary whose circuit embraces part OF the burnt dis
trct, forcbly illustrates the destution which still e1
lists there. Writing Of the of q to whom he
gave IS, he adds In a she fell on her knees
held mp the bill in her hand saying 20 God this is too
GOOD 81 yon then begged NE to take half the amount
ana give ~ 70 poor neighbor mile away, but for
tunately had % Tor her too"
Mayor King of Philadelphia, now and then
ecutive act destined IL designed to produce a com
motion in the placid community over which he presdes
few months ago he provoked conflict OF approval
and condemnation by appointing upon the police force
a negro who for few days much at while
he walked his beat IL he had been the Prince Wales
or CetewayO. It has since been announced that this
was only the first step in plan for having every nation
aty represented in the population of Philadelpha rep
resented also In the police force; and il il reported
that in furtherance Of this design, Mayor King is con-
EldFrlug the 1t az
Mention has already been made of the fact
that tue policy of economy in the Russian Military
Department has caused anxiety for the loyalty Of
officers who suffer by H. Many lucrative posts have
been suppressed reducing the Of their cumbents
and in instances throwing them upon their own
The Minister OF War fearing that these men
might JON the ranks of the indictments, applied TO his
colleague, the Minister Of Finance, furnish them
births in his department; but economy proved
contagious, and the Finance Minister announced that
he had also resolved upon retrenchment Ii il evident
that the matter considered OF considerable i'm
pOrancc for the Minister OF Domains, who In
applied to- has secured the Cars permission TO establish
number Of new posts III the Caucasus for the super
vision OF crown lands.
a dispatch to The London Times relates the
following curious story: d" Siberian merchant named
Khamof recently arrived in St. Petersburg and asked
be allowed TO deliver important packet OF papers
personally into the hands Of the Car He said that tho
packet had been conAded him by an old mah who had
died in his Khramos house In Tomsk in the year 1864
with the request that IL should time or other be
given into the EmperOr's own hands. The mysterious
parsonage, moreover had expired with the trm impress
sion that he Alexander l., who, Russian history
died in humble cottage AT Taganrog OF eryspeas
in December 1922 willie on tour of inspection. AL
though AT first laughed at it is said that he
admitted to the Gar and delivered the packet which
found 10 contain important documents concerning
the Imperial family. How they came into the posses
sion Of the mysterious old man the bearer had never
been able to discover