New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-25
GENERAL NOTES.

The wagons Of the Chicago police patrol arp
10 De furnished with ndiarubbor tires 80 that tina
"cops may roll noiseessy upon their victims
While the fires of controversy as to the
failure of the Kansas prohibition law rag
ing it refreshing read The unsolicited opinion Of one
man who unquestOnaby tells the truth the whole truth
and nothing but the far as it to him 20
understand This view is presented with force not
with elegance. IN the following letter: "Ciay Centre
Kss., June TO- 1s82.-Dear Friend: l wrie you a few
lines to let you know that Received your letter few
days 60 You don't want to Come 70 Kansas 70 start
saloon unless you want to get Busted. Kansas is Hell
OF Country lJu7t laid out Weskr III jan Tor seIng
Beer got enough or IT, T. :. don't come 20 kan-as 10
start saloon (clgnedj Joe MOnte. Kas."
The youngest pensoner OF the Government
is James W Crandell, age fifteen, VINO lives win ms
widowed mother at No. 1901 Chrisan-si., Philadelphia
year ago last March h. enlisted ia the Navy an
atcrward sent 10 Southern waters on tine Const,u
ton. \ fortnight later he stricken with typhoid
fever which left him deaf The surgeon thought
he shamming TO secure discharge, AMI 10 test hi.
hearing placed him between two Of the largest guns.
which were then simultaneously discharged. lie stood
Ike statue whereas the officers expected 10 HIM
Jump Ike q rOebuck he fell he deck iremp.e Out heard
nothing He draws Tl3 a month. HF brother John'
-u,ution and broke hi, arm, has just applied for a
pension.
4 Paris correspondent writes that the recent
riot in The Lam Quarter was OF more serious nature
o. students hustling into OF the fountains Of tie
luxembourg young man brlOn ying 20 class o. ms
creant- toward whom tne students nave lately shown
cordial hostility which they did but echo The Yocr u
The respectable press OF all paruc-, which ms been
yanly appealing he Project OF Police 10 aJae ne
nuisance" The police iutcrered and tie students 70
beaten Out Of the garden The next night they asseu
li.d Z, make another dem ansratOn agais; the nli-
sance when the pole" made suca am onset mat Two sill
I'm Hes u "A L. IL
l0z, the eminent composer
In discussing the recent refusal Of the
American Medical Association to admit delegate from
the Medical society u the state OF NnwIOrk he Nef.-
caI Record OF this city, says The position Of the As
ISOLATION in It's decision has evidently been blsed
upon the assumption that there Is danger OF countenauc-
tn ire uIar practices on the part OF the New-York
men. THIS a. have repeatedly sad, Is absolutely
croundless. . Tue motives which ac,uatcd no
trainers OF the new code beyond the suspicion Of
being unpro ssi0lal OF merccnary The idea was TO
elevate the regular profession on such high ana liberal
platform that there should De no possible reason o. the
part OF others charging with bgotry IL any shape.
|, cannot De denied this h IN the Inc OF progress
and gives to all competent practitioners Of every school
the opportunities for laying aside their special cre'ds,
their net dogmas and eevatng themselves % The grade
or honest and true pDysicians' me hed~dt hecyr'
docs not condemn the Amc1can Association, 0ut de,
that acted with dignity ana CONSISTENCY a
entirely within its rghts. IL has merely rtoOa sli
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which other societies ana eventually the American
Association wall prOblD some day occupy.
There has recently been opened at the Royal
Gardens at Kew, N building erected FOR the pur
uose an exhibition which ia not only unique, bus
fraught with unusual interest to the traveller the ARTIST
and the scientist II is collection OF paintings 81
plauts and flowers the work OF Miss Marianne North,
who has spent years in exploring almost every acccs
sble region ~ The 4 To-, examining the orl Of every
land and on the spot ketcins and painting every rare
curious or striking specimen that came TO her notice.
She has reproduced with the skin OF an accomplished
artist the vegetation of Brazil and Borueo, Tenere and
California Coylon, Jam1ica and the Hmaayas Here
and there through the collection are scattered land
scaDc, OF various cimes lending additional interest 10
the whole Tnere also appear few dehnettlons of
insects and reptiles with which the intrepid explorer
came into contact during her Venturcsome lourncy On
the whole the collection is most valuable and Interest,"
one vhrthtr the courage and enterprise Ac rt 80
xii and tase, the scientific accuracy OF the au'hor
he regarded. /, need only De- added thai the entire col
lection to be known AS the Marianne North Gallery has
been given FREE II 20 tde publicly Miss North ana tat an
.,rel and comprehensive descriptive Catalogue LAS
| been pre- jared by Mr.. ". Il. Helnsiey.