New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-03
GENERAL NOTES.

Charles Williams, who served or the Beller-
ophon at Trafalgar lately at the of 1oI. He
had worked for years IN the gardens OF Strawberry HILL
and had a comfortable pension from the late generous
Lady Waldegrave.
Considerable curiosity has been excited in
India by the announcement that detachment Of the
Salvation Army has been sent thther prepared to sub
iugate tho country. The Army Song Book has been
translated in preparation for active campaign. and
n tent TO hold thousand people has been ad-
vertied for in advance Indian opinion is unfavorabe
TO the religions aspect of this manTuyre Its thought
that the stirring melodies which IN England attract so
many recruits viii find little favor in the OF people
who are charmed with no music but their own.
1t is a melancholy thing that the divine
art of music should have been degraded to culinary
uses but that a German Of all natiOnalities, should
have been the first so to employ II, Is sul deeper
humiliation. Prussian composer has given to the
world an Egg Polka" not named from any fsncied
resemblance of properties but for reason fully ex-
PINNED in the directions for printed the back Of
every copy: Let the polka be placed open at the first
page, upon the panoforte desk Then drop the egg
into pipkn half full OF boiling water Set the ppkin
Oh the fire. Then play the polka through in strict time,
s per 1petronome Indication On completing its last
bor the egg will be cooked turn-that is its yok
will be fluent and its white about as yielding to me
touch the flesh Of ripe plum Those who wish their
eggs hard-set will play the polka andaRte maeSos0.
The contrary effect will be produced by an allegro
viyace rendering of the composition"
A BARRIERS congress has lately been held
in Berlin. Mt which a code OF trade ethics was
adopted after full and free discussion Hereafter the
operation Of shaving will invariably begin with the left
cheek but it still left to the discretion of the indi-
yidual barber whether the soap shall be applied with
the brush or the hand Upon point the congress
was unanimously agreed, and barber can remain a
member of association who persists In the practice OF
holding his customer by the while shaving him. To
their everlasting credit be 1t recorded that majority
of the delegates expressed the opinion that II the
MATTER of linking BARRIERS should cOnne themselves to
the business in hand and not Imbe over the domains
of politics. commerce. philosophy. Literature and the
arts An observation upon tie weather. by way OF
erecting or farewell will probably not imper artist
standing in the association, although on Lhat poult
could have been desired
The opening last week of the RedstOne
branch of the Pittsburg. Virginia and Charleston
Railroad marks still further decline in the famous old
National turnpike from Cumberland to Wheeling AN
Act to regulate the laying out and milking road from
Cumberland Nd. the state of Ohio became law IN
1906 and the first stage coach carrying the United
States mails that route made It's first trip on August
l. 1918 The distance 1870 miles, and the total cost
Of constructing this great highway across the ALE
chonies was 81 100000 It's traffic soon became enor-
nous and inns to accommodate the travelling public
sntang ND so thicky along its line that they were said
10 average to a mile inc PIKE was hdlhlr9oiy
constucfcd bt the heavy traffic which demonstrated its
necessity put need OF frequent repairs ana inc Toy
eminent finally turned it TO the States OF Pennsy!
ynnia Nnryand and Ohio, and they estaDs he'd toll
gates TO pay for its maintenance In ls22 with the
5prnng OF the Pennsylvania Railroad 70 PltSburg ana
the baltimore and Ohio to Wheeling, It's decline began
If what The agricultural Gazette of Vienna
gravey states true Ireland may potentially possess
gigantic fortune in her ability to raise innumerafge
potatoes That paper says that the humble but lnds-
pensable tuber may be transformed into meerschaum
Mines of the first quality and likewise into any article
now made of ivory 10y subsection to the following treat
ment: Having been carefully peeled and suffered ex-
traction Of its eyes" the potato is boiled steadily Tor
thlrty-six hours in mixture Of sulphurc aeld ana
water after which It must be squeezed in press until
every drop OF natural acquired moisture Is extracted
from It, The residuum OF this simple process Is de'
cored TO be hard block of delicate, creamy white
hue every whit suitable to the manufacture oil orha
mental and nrtistlcaly executed pipe heads as the
finest clay and unsurpassed as material ior Drusn aho
umbre Ma handles billiard bauS, fans ANA chessnien.
WHO could have supposed that the dying race OF ele-
phants were destined TO be chceed by the thought th
they were leaving behind them such cheap and prol'
substituted