New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-17
GENERAL NOTES.

The Chinese residents of San Francisco are
valuable of the Spring Valley Water Com
pany. Nearly 500 OF them pay water rates, amounting
last year in the aggregate to $45,567 H. That sum
must represent a vast amount OF washee washee."
1t is well once more to warn people carrying
lighted cigars keep themselves least their cigars
out OF the reach Of toy balloons Not long ago Eng
lshman's burning hair and whlskers produced unex
pected and uncomfortable halo round his head and only
the other day Illinois farmer wandering through the
streets of St Louis found himself unpleasantly
spcuous. An Italian vender having pulled in a string Of
balloons in order that the farmer might examine
them more closely, the latter instantly exploded them
all by inadvertently touching OF them with his cigar
the great detrment OF beard, hair, eyebrows and
cuticle.
The BacChante, on which the royal Princes
have been cruising around the world seems to have a
bad reputation among the seamen sayorng OF the old
floating hels." Twelve men positively refused to obey
what they considered the utterly unfair orders of their
captain and commander, and The Army and Nary
gazette says there is doubt but that they abb
soutely driven into INSTRUMENTATION. The captain Lord
Charles Scott OF the Duke OF Buccleuch, and the
commander. are reported to have been severely re-
buked by Lord Canwilian, the admiral who told them.
" the misconduct OF the men was due very largely to
your njudcious conduct" The Admiralty have EN-
phaszed this view by remission oi much OF the mems
sentence.
The men who drill oil wells become wonder
fully expert their work; perhaps would be
accurate to that only those who
get work A correspondent who has watched the pro-
cess thus describes drilers skill lie has spent years
learning his trade and learns something with each
well he drills He knows the qualification OF the earth
more infinitely than any geological books teach, and he
tell how the bit is to the Oil bearing sand by
little Particles that cling TO IL when he takes 1t out
or by the few grains OF gravel washed out OF the bail
ngs. With his hand upon the cable he marks Its quiz
ering as deicately physician with his finger on
F.s,
understands what the bit is doing sometimes almost
half mile down the narrow hoe The style OF differ
drilers varies does the handwriting OF different
men. the touch OF players upon the piano. They
know each others pecuarites, and an experienced
drer can frequently tell who is II derrick without
seeing him II he Is allowed to watch the work awhile or
what Is mDre important in these days OF mysteries
II no knows the drer he guess the depth OF the
well within hundred feet II he gets his eyes ON the out
side machinery for short time"
In conversation with a reporter OF The
Elnra Daily Advertiser few days ago, Governor sher
man. OF Iowa. made the following extraordinary state
ment; 81 saw President Garfield day or two ago in
Cleveland You need look astonished-I really saw
hm-not his spirit, but his own form and features
had visited his tomb TO homage the spot whore the
marty President WAS sleeping The Waterman IN
charge on learning whence came ard who was asked
NE II would like to the President greatly
surprised IA you be- He simply showed me he was
In earnest invited into the tomb unscrewed and re-
moved the lid from that sacred casket, and there lay
General Garfield before meJust he looked tho day OF
his funeral II In weary. unrelreshing sleep Twas
surprised for despite the emaciation OF those noble
feaurea Was at once struck with their likeness to the