New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-16
GENERAL NOTES.

A man living at Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, recently had the misfortune to lose his wife,
determined that the doctors whom her mysterious ds-
had puzzled should not make ANY pos-mortem eH-
animation IN the interest OF science" Apparently he
hn,ut much confidence in their honor day OF
her burial he erected her grave tent Ia which ho
has slept every night since anu proposes 70 COMMUNE
sleeping until the body has returned 10 dust.
A deaths head at a feast would scarcely be
a more dsrrtng adjunct than the device upon wine
glass which Vienna mandatory has just gotten ready
for tho market. This 10 nothing else than PhyllONea
painted cOlors and three hundred times as large as
life. The glass, however, may serve Us reminder that
the fluid which It contains is probably something besides
the pnrc Juice OF the grape thanks To the minute creature
Tuuguiied upon It's surface.
The prospect for the general adoption OF
standard time proposed by the recent convention OF
railway managers, is improved TO some extent by tho
course OF the Jewellers Chicago, who are nearly all
ready 1t Is said change their clocks 10 the new time
This it is hoped will influence the City Council TO adopt
the new standard the official city time. Otherwise 1t Is
feared that the confusion the thousands OF passengers
who travel suburban residences andthc city may
prevent the of the plan at this most important
railway cenre. The Illinois Central on tnat account
still adopt the time, though al the othr
roads willing. but change OF city Official time "oud
probably remove the difficulty.
In the town of Springfield, o., there HVes
young girl who and OF right ought to he muiatto'
but the color az whose skin is constantly changing from
rrp brown 70 snowy white aud back again to its orig
nal hue The Springfield Gobe. which describes thiS
phenomenon Is precise enough to say that she hNoN NJ
No 10Y Scoit-t aud is the daughter oil "A w'i-io Il"
dr;,yman named James Kccmcr tn" transition l. not
elected by slow process Of .nfonn fading bat Dy 'ho
nuprarancc Of successive white spots which finally mon
opnile the entire surface 1t follows that at certain
stages OF This transformation the S presents an exceed
ngly striking aspect. Thus the reporter OF me "ooe'
gho was recently admitted inspection OF tue Phe-
nomenon. remarks: Very often the hcShporS say "cy
are accustomed seeing the child run about curing to
warm weather with foot and ankle is 'aik rs any
tle oorcd girls need be, and the other rs whlte ~
~ NJ tho Unrest Luy ia the land. Frequently one
Sa'd T. n dark nIuatto color. while the Otner Will Toe
spotlessly white and almost transparent Ouch the
PiI ICE viii bc entirely white Tut the cyelids they
retaining their original color "hch shv CLOSES htt,9S
the effect Is striking QGi ~ Sv G i S,i m tSe
Girl an uncarthy appearance when the hdS arg IoMh;
7sur Hnrnum Is wise he will rcnquisn his ambition 20
possess a white elephant ard secure instead q spotted
Attraction which would cause every leopard IN his $40"
TO blush with shame
The amount of registered bonds of the United
States hold abroad is smail-Oiy 900 October
THAT the definite information given about them ny
the Treasurer may not very important Yet MS
significant fact that during the past year the number Oh
foreign holders OF registered bonds has decreased from
13l 10 49, and the amount held by them has deee"So
from $50, 060 900 TO the sum above named lms no
crease probably due IN the main 10 the calling ana to
demptiOn Of tho 3e per cents. which were oriSlnas
and per cents continued at the pleasure OF the on
States under the arrangement made by Secretary "nao
The greater part Of the United States bonds held apo
are coupon bonds of which the census report indicates
that about S22I 600 900 were held In lSSO-a that te
Al per cent But over $137,000O0O OF these were Vi
and per cent bonds, no longer OUTSTANDING anu ~
amount Of and Ala per cents then held abroaa '
$50, 82o287 While ia not probable that the nearly ss
areaf in nropoTto MS the decrease IN foreign holdings W
registered bonds, II would seem likely tn' 'ne'' A'