New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-15
GENERAL NOTES.

GENERAL NOTES
An interesting anecdore is told by NJ. Lam.
rent concerning the late Emile dc Cirardn share in thu
famous crisis Of May 16 few days before the general
election compostor from the office OF the Noniea,
U,tersei entered the France Office, and said We hav.
now been shut up tweniyfour hours posing procla
nation from Marshal MacMahon. We shall only be To-
leased when 1t has reached all the provincial towns
that s say. tomorrow. Two million copies have been
printed. Paris Is not to know anything about It til il
be read all the country Here L. Send II 10
NJ dc Grariin he will It at once and the plan
will be spoiled shall lose my place for dare NOT re-
turn to the Office but yive la Repubque" Grardin got
me proclamation ana answered u that evening poinby
point, with an effect that Is deeply marked on the pot
cal history Of France.
There IL reason to fear that General "Abes
Buford's backbone is not quite az stiff as he hoped q
Thoughts OF the go trooping through
his mind, and the recollection Of many close finish
rises like phantom to allure him. He asked clergy.
man the other day II be had not better Join another
church. and somewhat conferred by the ASSURANCE
that he could be Christian and still have his own views
about such matters 1t Is obsolete idea" says the
enera TO suppose that II hurts TO see fine ant
mails exerting the muscles that God gave them" Louis
vile reporter inquired So you think yOn will 20 into
horse-racing this fall p al don't know" sighed the
General; getting tired Of this city, very tired Of
IT, and want to 90 back to my farm find 1t very dun
to be around races without taking part In them"
After the first enthusiasm excited by tho
discovery of the South African diamond fields had died
out, critical attention directed to the imperfecons
which brliants from the Cape disclosed They not
possessed Of pure color which distinguishes the per
feet stone and they charged with propensity 20
burst in pieces upon slight provocarion. At a recent
meeting OF the French Academy Of Sciences NJ Roscoe
gave OF experiments which he has made
with the intent Of ascertainng what the OF these
imperfectiOns is lie began by burning Cape diamonds
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transformation into carbonic acid. But the Cape pro-
ducts instead Of completely disappearing In this fashion.
have been found TO leave behinf them OF ash,
residue which is incOmbustible In oxygen. What the
residue consists Of he is not yet in position 10 say.
A young French geographer named Gorloif
recently made interesting report upon his explora
lions In the Sahara. His only companions were two
Arabs He described the sttingroom OF the Town coun-
Gil Of Metli as subterranean gallery ornanened with
pillars raining round deep well. BY tlat contriyanee
the Council kept cool even I'm hot days The men Of
the Touareg tribe not allowed to have more than
one wife EACH and she possessed the greatest influence
not only in domestic but in political affairs The Touareg
women were far more highly educated than the
They could read and write well, they possessed some
musical talent and their poems were celebrated IN the
desert II appeared that in the Middle Ages per-
sons OF high birth emgrated To Africa the TOu-
oreos and some OF them boosted OF MonImorency de-
scent At one time 81. GOrlOff and his guides
taken by severe snow-storm. The guides lost their
way and they were IN much danger of being frozen to
death. There were many H. France, said NJ Goron, who
proclaimed the Sahara rich ry where fortune
y ~ 80 liz would like those Dersons 10 travel In IL
they would then change their opinion
In the Re,ue DIES Derr M0ndes VI. Maxine du
Camp tells an amusing story Illustrative Of police
methods under the Empire. lie says that In 1884 he
was reading BY his fresde when he informed that
detective desired to speak with him very amiable
voung man entered and said that he had come the
mart OF the Director Of General safety who wished 10 have
a little conversation with him-adding that carriage
WAS at the door NJ. Maxine dn Camp could not imagine
what had done was the mystery cleared up by
his interview with Director On being ushered into
the presence OF that parsonage NJ ColetMeygret said
The Government insists sir that you shall say nothing
about the events which occurred yesterday evening at
the Theatre Francois. You understand T. Perfectyi
but don't know what happened at the Theatre Fran
Gals" No matter sir the incidents to which alude
may be communicated to you, and yOu are warned not
to say anything about them in the Rerue de Paris"
Being unable get anything more ont of NJ CoietNey
greet NJ Maxine du Camp, thinking that attempt had
been made to assassinae the Emperor at least hurried
the Theatre Francois, where the truth was dscov.
cred. 1t appears that thanks tC certain amount OIL
pressure, Nile. Dartes had obtained permission 70
make debut at the Coincide Franchise that she had
appeared In "AndrOmaque, and that Ter He1ntone, m
stead Of tears had provoked shouts OF laughter om ths
audience.
Of the manifold opinions expressed by the
London newspapers the repreve of Lamson the two
following occupy the two extremes Says The ST. James,
Gazette THAT ground utterly unsubstantia the
American Government should have presumed TO inter
fere with the of our law and endeavor to upset
the verdict of jury and the sentence Of judge arrived
at after the fullest and most careful investigation, al
International scandal OF the ravest character and
may at least be hoped that nothing Of the kind will lie
permitted to occur again" Says The Echo: England
is kind Of chartered bertiDe IN the estimation of Ger
tain stupid EnglishmeD. She may interfere with other
people, but other people must not under any circur
STANCES or even the OF humanity, interfere with
anything she may do Listen once more TO the spokes
man Of John Bullish stupidity Lord Midtown said
Rut even supposng that this American evidence as to
the insanity Of hanson of the strongest possible
descriptions it could he submitted, In no way affect the
issue tried at the old Bailey It matters not how strong
The evidence may be LamsoDs insanity II mus 90
nsolenty disregarded because is rendered ny ges
and friendly power. II is curious That we rarely nen
OF such "A man as Lord Midtown, and, when we no. u u
not az an advocate of justice or peader al the ioot
stool OF mercy but contenner OF nternauOha couT
| teses and "a yindicator of stranguation"