New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-25
GENERAL NOTES

The Rcvolutionsts OF Paris, not having any
genuine grievance hand just At present are irving to
keen up The interest OF taeh followers ana dupes by hold
ie numerous meetings and minlgiug in iuhammatory
speeches. One day recently they held four meetings
the prrcral one o. which convened to discuss the
erection Of i monument BlanquL This, according TO
the p n adopted, consist OF large block Of stone,
upon which 10 rec inc the figure 0i BGnqu on his
dea hed and tracing with a renc the words NJ Dleu
DID Ndltr.." The uurangies m an me meetings were
ful tc most violent abuse OF The cAlstlnE order u
society
There are certain strange ndmy>terious eXca-
va IONS IN the chalk Lodges of Kent and Essex i'm England
locally known deck holes and which have long ex
cIcsed the ingenuity OF ant quIrians. The common pe0
plc regard them with supcrsutous awe being the
work Of denizcLs Of another world The Essex Field
Club has, However entered upon the work Of exploring
these holes and accounting for their or gin. The general
opinion cf sc cutist to De that they axe The work
Of prchis orc men. and that Engagements Of many OF
itc original holes have since taken p &c al period
when lion picks we're used IL - -uS-c'.rd with nuc
p,ausbi ~ that the prmcyaI races oil ncn VINO rOamcd
over lie, ST. downs made these eNca atoms IN the soft
sliInl enough 10 shoot with their rude arrows.
A new and interesting method, called the
lime process" has lately been discovered tn England
furbreakl- down coal in mine without running any
of r., risk, n-epariole from blasting. The process.
wLicl is said by Ihe LOudon Echo to b. decided sue
cess is briefly this: Holes drilled in the solid coal
cartridges" u highly compressed, very caustic lime.
Tho cartridges are three inches diameter and Of any
desired length. but they made with groove into
which small iron pipe De inserted The hole being
filed ard the pipe inherited. 10 is pue ged or tamDed TO
prevent the ape OF steam ana number being ready
small force pump attached by flexible tube to the
ptpe ana the water forced IN which, pIg vets the
lime The pipe is then closed by Il stopcock and the
satnc operation repeated at the hole Tine first
resu. g., iho conversion VI the vator into scan which
tonds force tie coal down; hui after time the
lle sN"4s with ri'9lsiJlt OWcr ana the sprays be-
iu removed the coal comes down In large blocks. The
Dprra.ou ol ring tAe limo is performed very rap
rI.y.a icw uluu sullic.ne 10 fire any required
number o. cartridges
The trustees of the British Museum have
recently acdu!esed most important collection OF ORR
entail manuscript, consisting OF 13s volumes. more or
l.s fra ..ueutary contauing o. Arabic commentaries
on the Bible with tue Hebrew written by klraite
jews; ~ Lmges amt hymns Doth OF the Karaites and
Tine Kn5p.uc Jews; ~ Karaite pOlcmcal treatise and
ID Grammatical, leNico phical and philosophical
freatises. Among the commentaries on the Hebrew
text are OF tno highest importance, ranking among
the oldest Arabic manuscripts hitherto known. Besides
being Of 81 early date these manuscripts show the
cause OF the law laid down In the Talmud. that the
sacred Scriptures be written any than tho
square Hebrew characters" They demonstrate for the
nrf time that tho Jews the nabt OF writing the
Scripture In other characters. Another point OF
reme interest the Oriental student Is the fact that
commentaries written Arabic, they
coniaIn arsr Quu atoms from Annals commentaries
AIuIIi.c, thus piONug beyond DOUBT mat AnHu, the
iouudrr of the karltes wrote In Aramacthe language
spoken IN Palestine in the time of Chiist.