New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-07
GENERAL NOTES.

Of all tumultuOus horrors the most IN.
credible isIeIorteG om the Hurgarisn village Of Hclea
yes. handsome AN Of forty tyc and deyl-maycare
youth 81 tw'nty became onamored OF a pretty young
willow WHO kept a vine shop. Jealous Of the fayors
shown to the boy the lay IN wait XII him. but in
ste ad fell victim to the superior strength OF his rival
An investigation proved beyond question that the
adyersanes were iaher ard son and I! at the pretty
widow the daughter u one md the sister OF tho
oilcr II was grin fate which brought these THREE TO-
geher after separation which began during The ancy
Of the cnii dren.
Christian F. Schafer, an eccentric German
traveller has just died in Australia. lie hal passion
for travelling and had seen most OF the countries o. Tho
world The largest portions OF his Journeys per
formed foot aud he boosted taat be had walked
nearly 10000 miles. He collected large number OF
autographs OF eminent personage., which he used to he
extremely proud o. and took them with him wherever
he went TRAVELLING without money, he relied for assist
upon charitable PERSONS he met on his way. lie
frequently maintained merry tramp oil bread and va
ter but Fr,cnasons Oddfeows anu member, OF other
friendly societies Lent hm alG generally, and railway AID
81 abOa npanler often gave Inn Zee pass 10 hep
hmaong.
The enthusiastic and almost ailectOnate in
terest watch the people OF Oneida felt Ia tao Indian
skeletons recently exhu led at Tat place has rapidly
declined since 1t bee me known that tue original pro
pretOrs Of these mournfu relics died. In all prob billy
Of the small This assurance impaired by an aged
Indian father informed him OF the Circumstance
on their way home from 1shing excursion ~ they
passed the spot where the bones were htey uncovered
1t Is needless to point out the sacred value when
attaches t. evidence Of this character II comes home
with solemn and awful hud to the bosons o. he poo
and show indows thu osseou- decorate rs wlch Tor
brief and happy day mad brought them custom.
ArchdeacOn Kirby, who has spent many
years AZ miss 0nary within the Arctic Circle Occurred
in Detroit the other evening upon his work and the peo
pie among whom il has been performed There are four
Gioccsas IN Euperts Land and if one blrhop writes 10
another hr hitter has t. 20 by the way Of En-hnd rly-
cling l. 900 miles between two points winch are only
.Oc miles apart "Wbeu Esqumau girl maiTies"
laid the lecturer. she cuts the hair of the
top Of her husbands head, rolls it up into
n ball and places it upon tho side OF her
head, comhing her hair over it. When his hair
has grown again. she ayain il of and has roll for
the other her head After she has been married
eight or ten years she las formidable ch Snon Now,
will leave II TO yOn. ladies, whether these Isqnihau
girls gJl that custom from you, or you got II from tic
EsqulInauA."
The investigation of the recent robbery at
the Winter Palace Picking disclosed prevalent belief
in a ridiculous superstition The NORTH emma Herdd
SAYS: 1T appears now that for years past the I'm
peria been tue lurdngpace 81 gang OF
thieves who protected and assisted by the Palace
eunuchs Lights were occasionally observed TO nah
and CLEAN from the clBnonholes aud windows OF these
towers an which to have caused the
officers % hous hold 10 suspect that they must 30
inhabited The eunchs, on being questioned confirmed
the soy of the lights, but explained the mystery by
saying that the u Hsien. Fox Fairy. prostIating
himself there with his lighted torch 1t may be thought
incredible the officers should have been sufficiently
imhecle believe this fable or that he eunuchs should
hive dared TO trade far upon the superstition OF their
superiors But 0X-myths far from beiag extinct IN
China or in Japan. The animal is credited with
many marvellous and supernatural attributes; among
which the ability AT he age {" MY 10 taHc the oi IA V
so nan, and a hundred that Of young ami beaui'
u erl He also Jrcome wizard # ne liAes ana AZ
the age of Thousand years IA admitted int" Paradise
where lie becomes "a ceieSlla beng
4 military pocket-handkerclief devised by a
Swiss manufacturer last year found its way 10 the
French War ONCE, where it highly approved that
the military hortes have introduced similar article
int, he French army The centre OF the handkerchief
Is occupied by the OF the Legion 81 Honor upon
red background with the inscription HonneT ct Pdfr'e
beneath 1t. Around this central point is grouped
circle Of mcdalons, containing representations II
officers of all grades The different un forms are PIE
ured distinctly the French private can tel ~
gance wha grade any officer whom be may see has
attained The special pocket han kercaef prepared for
he infantry soldier ORA wings Of the used
by him. with explanations Of their mechanism. Tho
border. of the rchef hemned IN with fra
work Of the National colo AMI within this framework
are printed number Of sanitary precep,s To be OBJ
served on march and during campaign Here ara some
of tbe marching advices "Wear the crayat loose
sp OF flannel day and night around the BODY III order
10 keep of iiarrhUa Queach thirst with very SmaA
doses of yine coffee vine Str-tndwater or brandyah
water Take a piece Of bread and little coffee before
tLe march, sprituous drinks do harm than good
Drink wafer neither hastily cold. In quarters
wash face and hands, and, when possible, the "b.o
body Wash the ie ana rub III htte lat Oh &
next the SOUP and do 1t at once even though s
iuS quite tired out