New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-20
GENERAL NOTES.

One hundred pounds are to be spent by the
corporation Of Bristol Eng to obtain the opinion OF an
eminent mechanical engineer upon the practcablty Of
utilizing The tidal forces Of the Avon and Severn pro-
Fde mOtlFe-pOWer FOR electric lighting and other pur
poses.
During the holidays South London post
man discovered a sovereign in etterbOx. Attached 20
the coin label saying that the money intend
ed Christmas present. 10 the finder. This singular
method of anonymously making gift 20 an unknown
bcuch larry carried out through th lcttcrbox
year ago.
One of the hardest woods in existence is
that Of The desert rouv God which grows in the dry
washes along the line Of the Southern PacAc Railroad
It's specific gravity Is nearly the that OF lgnum
vita, and IL has black heart hard, when well sea-
son,J, that It VIII turn the edge Of al axe and can
scarcely be cut by welltempered saw In luraing it
hardly second TO anthracite.
Captain Philc Clark attached to military
headquarters at Chicago has brought back from West
trip map of the Indian country executed by Ono
Bull and Black Chicken, nephews of Sitting Bull Il iJ
five feet in length and three and half feet broad and
the drawing done with lead pencil yellow
paper Various signs indicate rivers, mountains. Duties
features s the trail which the Indians followed after the
Frank White, of Leadvile returning alone
from a trip in the Indian country. found himself frecI
ing TO death In a binding snowstorn the Grand
River. Remembering that he had heard Old travellers
the plains talk about the latent heat In snowbank
he dug deep hole in drift with his hands and crawlei
in Presently he began 60 feel comfortable and
the delightful but Omnous drows!ness which prcceics
death by freezing stole him lie iou ht against it IN
vain and last became unconscious. The mornin
he awokc eternity he had confidently expected
to do, but IN the snOwdrlft, and snug the
traditional bug. Through this extraordinary experience
Mr. White has conceived such high opinion OF tho
value OF latent heat 10 the mining community that he Is
anxious 10 have II called regularly on the exchanges.
A correspondent of The london Times, writ
OF labor that region, says that the labOrers ordinary
wages from 10 to 80 cOpecks 20 to 80 cents daily
but at harvest time or when the field IS to be dug for
beet-root the landlord finds it extremely difficult to pro-
cure laborers even three roubes day and he
declares he would rather pay that high wage
efficient abOrer than four such lazy hounds he
muster In the ghborhood OF the northern peasants,
reported to be yearly hOcking from their comparatively
barren lands to these fertile southern fields hardly
mako their appearance, except carpenters and other
mechanics who however useful in their several cgpacl
ties are OF 40 avail whatever rs hadhauit. The dis
fOr rcapcrS and pOwmen has waNed great nat
the Government has had 10 come 10 the anlOwners res
by allow ug The soldiers QudreTed m the GarsOns 20
man, their employer having 10 feast AID entertain tho
officers into the bargain But, although a. many -
$4,000 from the ranks haze thus been told CT IL tno
province of PolOa alone 20 make themselves u>ef On
better grOuud than the battlefield, TIE supply OF Labor
IS still wOfully inadequate 10 tho demand