New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05
GENERAL NOTES.

| The bean blower with which the modern
schooboy loves to torment the children round about hin
and his teacher the platform, Is only feeble imita
| ton Of the "sumpitan" with which the aboriginal
Dyaks OF BOrneo go 10 war. The sunpitan Is blow
| pipe about five feet long, and the arrows which
made Of wood sh-bones, thin and sharp and
generally dipped IN the poison of the upas tree which,
though yiruient is not always deadly. This singular
weapon is used with the greatest accuracy at range
| twenty yards, but it will carry Il hundred.
If any persons in Connecticut are interested in
the fate OF very old who left that State for San
Francisco few weeks ago without money and relying
on charity for get there they will be glad to
hear that she reached Omaha October 81, and was
sent forward that point with through passes At
Council Bluffs she slept for two nights upon the bare
floor Of the railroad station hard bed for woman
more than eighty years od Bt sae hat e aS
would take her through to San Francisco
An interesting experiment has been made 10
Paris by VI. Mangin member OF the Academic dAeros-
tation small balloon measuring about 100 cubic iees
and filed with pure hydrogen was sent up Deng heA
captive by rope containing two copper wires swan
incandescent light having been placed In the gas ana
attached to the top OF the balloon was lighted and s
whole aerial machine was splendidy illuminated lt
shown by systematic tnat te ao anu
dashes of the Morse system could be initiated ior gN
mil tary signals at great distance
At banquet the other evening in London,
Lord Charles Beresford, whose gallant exploits with
the gunboat Condor at Alexandria made him 50 conpo
nous and so popular in responding to the toast OF Ino
NAVY" paid IA warm tribute TO the service renderedW
the Americans after the bombardment The Americans
he said like brothers, Joined the small band which@
had under his command, saving that blood was thcki
than water they worked splenddy and he could never
thank them enough
aTbe once magnificent temple of Antoni-
nus Plus" says a Roman correspondent oil Gd'S'a"'
whose remaining perstyls OF Corinthian columns On
the Piazza Ill PETRA still strikes the spectator WIN a
mraton has been lately adapted 10 public use as an
exchange and Chamber OF Commerce, In which capacity
II was solemny inauguraed yesterday lOctooer lol
the presence OF the Minister OF Commerce anu o'ne
fnctonares The Archaeological Commissioners Vi ~.
municipality having decided tlat tne c9 tn h hss
freed from the masonry FACADE In when they naye uea
hitherto walled the work Is being acu'e carreu ou"
Captain Paul Boyton is planning another
venturesome undertaking, namely, 10 noat down .n'
Colorado River its source to Its mouth In descO
ing his project the other day he talked so wen tnss
renorter asked him why he did not enter the ectare
| Acid mo SIR" he answered, I've had ehouEHt
| that NV last experience was at Helena, Arkansas
,os forced by the people there on my voyage down
mo Arssissppi to stop over for lecture COULDN'T
| reol in NV rubber suit. hadn't my baggage lAs
MAYOR lent me his dresscoat and white handKercme'
which he tied very arsticaly around my neck as
| VAT The doctor promised ne the trousers nc "~
called off by patient and didn't turn up Inc sageSs
n small one; the people were moving. ino heloT
M table covered with red cloth that h2tnn :. tss
nv, nist coud he seen. forced on got 10 AN
ing and was well received. When came W ee. ,ei,d
nv encounter with shark Decsne ll''S "a ~ IA
forgot about my costume, stepped 70 quo ,,h srsher
taha and-well when the audience yeileu Mith -
| made bee line Tor the green room' ana H''eH'
| tuTed since" 81. -
| An English project which has for It's am
pothipe less than revolution in the inland uahSpO.
| tion of merchandise will probably be ofous"' 80
Parliament for its sanction during the coming WIZ
II il not the scheme of penniless adYeh'VIei'' y"
we'll considered enterprise of some OF the e'e
owners and merchants of Liverpool, who have area"
| raised a large guarantee fund. IL project 49, s
noted The Lancashire Pathway" and broadly s'aeO
M o,osoI IL IA Law ont series of roadways, rsaaA1s
from Iyerpool TO the centres of manufacturing nuI'
| IN sopth Lancashire to carry along these roaaNGa
double set OF iron plates corresponding IN Dreau'n
,h vbcels M ordinary wagons, set the loaded "ae
on this smooth pateway aud draw them oy a-,osr
! ,i on zines IN their appointed destination fasSens
| traffic ia excluded from the scope OF the sche" ~,
confined entirely 10 goods and the anticipation =,
II will be possible to carry these at a muc" ina
than is now charged by the railway cohpal"s
movement has its origin and motive In the
charges now levied which have been the suo T,.,-
sistent protest by all the commercial Dou's .ooS,
poo The chief saving will be In the hsIuls :, General
rLe wagons which will be similar 10 olo is Mi ted
use on ordinary roads except that ne ti,, fm the
the same length, will be loaded uitoV.y ,ba nearest
steamer or the factory, drawn ny horss 10 long
station Of the pathway ana 'nr1 jrc ar lis head AZ
inod AZ their destination horses will draw Sa s
factory or steamer. The metal plates ner edge
two uarnlel rows with low Ranges on Ho ganght fhst
wv aha wo,ons on the tracl. IL Is thousha,eway
S SSP ooo milo will construct and equip the Vii 70
and that the cost Of maintaining ana oP0
comparatively Shall