New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-20
GENERAL NOTES.

The assertion that the bones of Guitean ar,
peachng IN the Army Medical Museum, preparatory 10
the articulation OF the skeleton confidently repeated
by Ihe washington star, which aids thar the bone, arc
unusually porous ana require special care in handling
The first shipment of Russian petroleum
from the oil wells in the province OF Baku waa sent 10
the European market July 81 by the English steamer
Alfred. The American company which operates thes,
wells will hereafter endeayOr - compete with tho
American petroleum, which has hitherto controlled tho
foreign trade.
Even the sOrely berated, though popular,
cigarette TO b. OF occasional IN an emergency
Among the Egyptian prisoners in Alexandra was a man
who appeared to be dead lighted clgaret placed
in his mouth and Immediately " It seemed ave him
he." Al last accounts the poor fellow. who had been
given by al ne doctors. st sustained Waor
and an occasional cigarette"
Five years ago Wilhclmna Rousseau ar
rived in this country from the little Belgian town Of
Roubais bright face. pair Of and a bias
phemOus parrot constituted the sole capital with which
she began business in strange hn1 She Is about
turning to her parents and her OLD with $4,000
winch the mue appeals Of her winning countenance
nave extracted IRON the p'cket' 81 the OencI ocnt pcopo
Of NeW-Gork AID Philadelphia
At the funeral Of Mrs George C. Ledy in
Philadelphia on Friday, the coffin borne b. the
adult sons OF the dead woman The Youngest Of the
is twentythree and the eldest thlrynine years
old Mrs. Ledy's sixty years. The undertaken
messed or known OF such an occurrence The spec ace
the six brothers bearing The bOiy OF their mother
the grave profoundly touched those Who witnessed K.
In abiding TO a new style of railroad car
riage which the London and Northwestern Company
has added To fast Liverpool train TIE LoRd0n Times
makes this frank admission The adoption Of sh- Ioy
clfy mainly ue to the protests ~ The very large AID
orelsng public which IA constantly visiting shores
from beyond the Atlantic" Tie gratitud, which English
fool.
is nd Gated b. the fact that The Times describing
new car, remarked with evident Subtraction and sur.
prise that Che necessity Tor Using fooJwarmcis - oby
atcd by n-enl us Arrangement ~ nor wafer pines
running under the seats and round the compartment"
\ Young German, whose face expressed good
nature. and would have been handsome except for thu
unfor innate absence Of eve, walked into shop In
Baltimore the other day with beaming young woman
on his arn and asked for wedding wreath. After one
had been selected he made bold to ask the ceremony
could performed then and there. Consent was given
and a clergyman sent During the interval the
German grew cntia and related the circumstances
OF his courtship He said that few days before Just
a. dusk he observed a woman waking rapidly toward
the water a. the County Wharf Susp'clng that she
was in trouble he accOsted her She admitted that she
was on the verge OF despair clairyOyant had IN
struced her 10 walk that evening 20 tne Nhr, %psre
she would with one eye who "ouid make her
good husband That was her last hope anu Il II ialed
she snoud throw herself into the water No man IN us
sober senses could neglect such cnal from tn han OF
fate and the German wooed ana won the woman on tho
spot
There is general admiration the world over
for the patience cheerfuness aud Independence with
which the people OF Iceland confront the dicut prob
lem OF lite in their bleak and barren country Their
istence il best struggle but they are now threat
ened with actual famine. In letter to The LOnd0n
Nelrs Mr.. William Morris calls attention to report
which the Governor has inst laid before the Ministry at
Copenhagen. The following the main facts Of the
situations The uneXamped cold winter Of sSO-'Sl was
followed by cold summer the hay crop was failure,
and in consequence, unusual number Of sheep aud
many cows were necessity slaughtered ia the fall ne
iAst winter stormy that sheep and horses could
not safely be turned out TO graLc AMI many OF them
died. Excessive ice made the present summer very
late one last years failure Of hay aud made tho
people too poor buy imported fodder, AMI As result
thousands Of live stock died tho lamb.ng has
failed the milk OF both and COWS Is very scarce;
the usual autumn trade in sheep and tlow upon winch
great dependence il placed will fail hurrica ne last
Apr OycrW hclmed VITA sand drifts many farm. IN tAe
nerhborhood OF llccla and lastly the measles, WHOA
has not visited Iceland for thirtyslX aud whch,
wien falling people not used 10 u, deadly ana
not "A tryialise - spreading over tlc country III
any Americans desire aid thtse unfortunate people
tlcy can send suD,crip tOns to Mes-rs MOt!OcA 'O
University bankers. Cambridge, England,