New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-22
GENERAL NOTES.

| The annual Lord Mayors show and bano,..
from s. 600 10 800 900; but he wond he bola -
who should suggest giving up the civic festival !.
London.
The Youths Companion, of Boston, in.
sprighty, entertaining paper, popular and one ,n.
beat OF It's kind published in America IL ia filed x,,s
choice original matter and is welcomed In the housebs
by young aud old alike.
Chesapeake Bay is now in its glory, for IN.
ducking season has arrived and the voice OF the p-
the d.amond-bao terrapin-is heard In the Ina
There are said to be 300 professional gunners re,,,
al Hagre de Grace who make q comfortable living n.
shooting red head and canyas-back ducks
The Early Closing Association OF Londou
"poins with pride to the great results that IL ha A.
complshed during the last years and has 10 reao.
to view with alarm the future OF the movement,
There IL scarcely single important district London
which has shared In the improvement effected
among the retail trades II is thought that there an
almost universal disposition shOpkeepers % favor
the movement ami that those who have not oned 1t ara
only waiting for their competitors 10 10 50 first
In contradiction of the common belief TIA,
John Adams was the father Of the Alien and sediiou
BILLS alluded TO in last Sundays Broadway Notebook
Mr. James A. Briggs writes follows Now itss
fact that John Adams when President refused recon-
mend the Alien and SeditOn bills to Congress- because
II passed they would only 'creote great hulataoc
throughout the country, and would do good Picker
ng Secretary State IN his letter the President sns-
qeating topics for the message, recommended the Alien
and sedltion bills Mr Adams d cned the suggestion
General Hamilton in favor Of tie bills, CoazeS
passed the bills and Mr. Adams approved the AID TIE
result was as he said.
The diamond fields IF South Africa produce
large quantities OF yellow dian onds. Their color Of
course lessons their value white diamond being worth
FIVE or six times as much rs a yellow OF the sans
weight 1t was recently reported that method Of
changing the Objectionable color had been discovered
SUCH" says TIE London T5rh. Is the case but tho
important addition has 10 be made that the yellow
reappears after slight washing, some French mer-
chants lately found their cost after purchase ats
high price of some perfectly white diamouds. The
method simple application or the law " completeness
tarv coors TIE yellow diamond Is put IN violet
solution slight coating or violet ,utces TO render
diamonds Of the most pronounced yellow TINT perfectly
white.
The mercy of the uni veTsal regulation In
insane asylums that the correspondence OF inmates shall
be inspected lately illustrated ia singular manner
ct Ovid in this State. IN the asylum at that place
Danish woman whose insanity is manifested IN her
vicon that she Is the queen Of the universe that the
asylum Is her castle, and that the numerous attendants
are her servants and retainers She recently wrote TO
her brother in Denmark letter which by some chance
escaped observation and went to the post describing hef
magnificent surroundings and Offering him and his fam
y luxurious home for the rest OF their lives The poor
man thought only natural that his sister should have
become this land of wonders, and rejoicing IN thn
fortune awaiting him he sold bis little tailoring bus
and spent a the proceeds In bringing MS iaty
ovid. where lie arrived without a dollar nut happy IN
the assurance that his sister would take care OF hin Ills
awfnl disappointment aroused the pity OF the naagef
OF the asylum. who has given him place In the Laundry.