New-York tribune., 1882-09-30
GENERIL NOIES.

At n recent fair in Concord, \. H., John +.
Burglm exhibited Il needlcbOok which was made from
dresses worn by the Countess Of Rumord a the Court
OF Bavaria in 1892 t1nmel with yellow gimp from her
foo.mau'- hatbaud. sewed with needles purchased by
the Count IN 1898, and bound IN covers made from al
arithmetic published 10 leO2
Several months ago President Campero of
Bolivia sent senor Zapata to Brazil to open negotiations
for commercial convention between the two countries
by whicn Bolivia should obtain the advantage OF an At
intic outlet offset To The loss Of her Pdcc trade
senior Zapatas mission has been successful and Boyia'
isolation il to be relieved in manner which may
n together agreeable chill Brazil for her part. Is not
sorry to conclude an Arrangement from "Ich lhe Arseh
tine Republic will. to the least of t, gain notnnE
An Englishman has just established a manu-
factory Of jewsharp I'm Troy II is sal that there are
ouly two others in the country in this city and the
other in Boston. simpler instrument than the jews
harp IL would be- hard conceive but the process OF
manufacture comprises 40 fewer than thirty separate
operations. The inventor Of that humble instrument.
which has been vibrating all over The world for cen
turirs rs "a known fame At the beginning of the
prese 4 century the jewsharp was developed by com
rate pitch. ana l~27 EWcuscin, native OF Wuriem-
berg made "A sensation In London by paying upon six
teen al once
A century ago one Of the notable ladies in
Philadelphia society Mrs Mary Ruston and II p,OOf
were wanting that the people of those DAYS appreciated
the Joys of the table it could be found in er book
now owned by Mr. Charles H. Pennypacker, one Of her
descendants Mrs RusfOn IN he habit of recording
III this book particulars Of the elaborate dinners at
which she was present Thus II appears that on one
occasion Dr. Franklin rcgaed his guests with clam soup.
breast veal ragouted orequArter of roast lamb tou
small chickens pig, feet pair Of roast ducks aad
roast leg of mutton. with vegetables seryed
from ne sdcDoard. and filled up the creyicTs WIN
dessert Of green cuIHnt tarts, Jelles tfuil'- piano
mango, cranberry tars, Enghsh ana SWISS cueescs ana
cnccse-cakcs.
4 plucky woman in COhOeS got rid of Il bel
gerent negro tramp in short order the other day Per
cnying from his tlat he determined to rob
the house as soon az he Ind finished generos dinner
which she had set before hin se quietly took reVo
ser from drawer u tho sewing-machne at which she
was sitting, and held it within the range OF s vision
The negro laughed and said that he wasn't afraid oi
DIS o in any womans hand aud willing, further
more to bet that IT wasn't loaded "Oh yes. it Is loaded
abe repled put IN six carri. .cs myself this morn
ing and yOu keep your eve on thut knohole across
che room for "a moment yOu'n soon see whether know
how to shoot She almcd,nr and Int the mark aud then
said: Now get of tat doN7 rs lively as you can,
or the next shot VIII be at you" lie "got."
A few days ago a man named Edward
Thompson was arrested I'm Amsterdam. y. Y, for horse
stealing and when he had been examined at Fort PLAIN
Deputy ySheri Mckinley started with him for the Fonda
iail After the train well under way the officer
went INTO another to speak to friend, and while h.
was the conductor appeared and demanded the
prisoners ticket haven't any ticket" the reply.
man I'm another car, whose name dOu' know, has a
ticket for me-" The conductor passed with suspi
cious glance tine passenger, bu presently returned
ami when the train stopped CnnHoharie, put him on
IN pursuance OF righteous resolve that tramp should
ride free tuut 10 81 lie could prevent It. IL 5 py 10
spoil u story but regard Tor the wnoc truth com
pcs acknowledgement that the man walked back 10
Fort Plain and surrendered himself 10 the police. lie
expects bo acquitted Of he charge Of horse stealing