New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-01
GENERAL NOTES.

The piano on which the Wacht ain Rhein :"
was imu by ts composer Car Wilhelm mas just
been sold 80 Berlin or 1850.
A peculiar fungus has carried ruin into the
coffee plantations Of Ceyon the FIJI Islands ald Java,
and dsmay into the OF their 1t is
feared tnat tho plant is doomed, IKE the grape, to
gradual extinction unless means of exuDguishing
lis mortal enemy Is dt-cJY red.
The work o! draining Russian marshes, ac-
tiyoly carried for several past has resulted In
reclaming than 100000 acres Of when 800 900
are Crown lan 49, The which have been built
drain tins great domain likewise adapted float
ing lumOer from the forests which tney penetrate TO
murket
1t is all up with Colonel Ingersoll, for Mr..
Frank James from lis cell i'll Inde Iendenoe, No. has
pronoun ed against him. The ilustrons throat has
not announced his intention OF putting the distinguished
nnde TO DEATH but has solemny declared Lin to be
blasphemer and hypoorite who, IN rdcung thc BiOe,
is sowing seeds of iniquty In tine minds OF our
youth" with his observation Mr Frank James touches
us highwler mark ana the annals OF cfrontery from
tue foundation OF the world would De rams lcAed lnfah
to find pa. alleL
Parisians are finding out that they are
sbamefuy clea ed in the food they eat and series Of
auayises recently made at the municipal laboratory has
cnnsed some ernatioh. OF sixty-two samples Of
butter only eleven found - be pnre twenty dye
being described passabe." aud tweDty-six as an
solntey bad; OF thirty-one samples OF flour only
was the exception not the rule. Pepper showed the
West adu era.iO. the sweepings or tue LARGE shops
being frequcnt ingredient, and only one sample In
three boins what 1t pretended To be-
mliln prnc,s console themselves for
their loss Of power under benign Of their Eug
lsh Empress by continuing to surround themseives with
the splendors which will bny. correspondent
OF Tie Hindu PartOi at Burdwan states thai msghin-
cent throne gold that JUST been prepared by two
native artists OF Calcutto for his hglness the MahJa
Ther. are 1000 tolahs of gold Ia the throie lthe
" tollIh " is nearly - naf Troy. aud II Is ex
oui-ireiy decorated with eignete work ali sides On
vim levels o. great bpanty II ADDED that the throne
does much credit 70 naive workmanship
4 Chinese " lnIaTin recently pronounced a
DECISION ~ novel II NOT SOiomOn's famous
aginert Chinese who had been drinking In IA tea
bo,,-, d lied cut dollar to pay tho bail Inc money
WAS Immediately claimed ny HindOo who present
and y p accused the Chinese ~ dayins stolen IL from
hmm When - matter ferTed to the magistrate
a SECOND claimant appeared IA person OF japanese
Af,er prorlund deb.rition toe Mandarin came the
onclIsio that here tue sill shest evidence
prove that dollar belong ii 1" either tue Japehest or
the HiudDo; ne decjtn' ther ioir tal II SHOULD DC
uyIocd equal, brtTeeD them and the nanan dis
uuaI gi,d rom GIas.udy
There Is an Od-time SAVIOR in the announce |
nept tnat lady required 10 prove that her cnituren
nave hc negro blood in Their vons before sho cHn send
IN IN m peace ~. LOUIS public school Precisely
that ba, happened 10 Mrs Nasn Of thai city. certain
I, her parents insisting thar TWO sons we're not CT
oure sura.iau descent and therefore unit ssOclates
ion neir owu children. MIS- Nash has sniesrd from Ehe
.ou et,scnii0u before Ia 81 Lodi7, al al that
tim, .uc,eeded in proving toe Satisfaction ~ tha
scb,. o,ri that their pciOns were upOunded She
now declares. shall m,iS' GA my rigG,s am tired
d an tas u0hDlr and propose o ofe tLai my cAdlon
are iusated IN zoe free wDa schools ct 81. LOUIS"
A Cairo paper says that the Bed0uins were
greatly puzzled by the garo OF the ughnIors, finally
sonciu hey not soldiers out tho wives OF
-odIcra "Distanoe Of course. ehc0ar yea this telu
slon as legs obviously more dseerni6o Than
me meme races, covered, these were, with veis The
I.e,luuins noticed that IRE s0diers' eSmped by
heaseIves and they resolved 70 10 dowu aud spoil the
nhdsl sohegs OF tdeir and bOIy Or them actu
ally went with result which must have added u TAO