New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-31
GENERAL NOTES.

The new Sloane Laboratory at Yale has now
advanced 30 far towards completion to make iu
architectural excellence conspicuous 1t is 90 feet wide
1O2 feet deep and 20 feet hgh with tower 30 feet
higher than the main roof The interior, admirably
adapted 10 IT'S purpose VIII be nn5De1 during sum.
mer. and the building will be ready for use next fall
The biological students of the Johns Hop
kins University have entered into agreement with the
small boys Of Baltimore for supply of dogs and cats at
the fixed price OF so for the former and 25 cents
Tor the latter. Occasionally a mistake is made, and
some worthy old lady mourus the loss OF companion
able abby, but the whole 1t to DO the general
conclusion that the activities of the small boy were
never better employed than In diminishing the stock Of
sIperfuOus cats.
A correspondent adds Sicily to the long list
OF winter resorts which have shamefuly belied their
reputation during the present The temperature
has repeatedly ranged between fOrtyseven and thirty
four degrees Fahrenheit ana once or twice snow has
fallen In the streets OF Palermo Visitors from the North
have suffered in proportion 10 their surprise, but tho
natives have rather enjoyed the unwonted sensation OF
frost and the oldest mhabitant" has before had
such an opportunity to display his powers Of memory
and imagination.
Last fall farmer by the name of Raup,
living near Turbutvlle, Penn, built stack Of straw in
his yard which was remarkable for nothing at all. but
like every other stack in the vicinity. All Mr..
Raups neghbors however, looking at IL with
great interest for young pig which disappeared at the
time 1t was built has just crawled out from under 1t In
condition of hinnes and feebeness positively shocking
to contemplate T1e animals frame has grown as fast
as il IL had enjoyed the monopoly of reekng trough,
but as for nesh II las none
Among the whimsical requests OF English
is queerer than that made by Mr. John
Kn Collector of the Port OF ST. Ives who died in 18ll
He directed that In five years two old women and
ten little girls years of age dressed in white
should walk in procession. with music from the market
house Of ST Ives TO pyramid which he had erected on
the summit OF lofty hill the town, and which he
had designed for his buralpace. They were 10 dance
round the pyramid singing the Hundredth Psalm, ana
for the purpose OF keeping up this custom he made
chargeabe annuity on certain freehold lands tho
trustees being the incumbent Of the parish the Mayor OF
St Ives and the Collector OF the Port who were allowed
e10 for a dinner the professional day. Whether the
effect Of the procession ana the Hundredth Psalm has
been what the testatOr intended not appears
recent address before temperance conference thaS
with population OF more than 1000 there has Dot been
single OF drunkenness before the local bench Tor
more than two years.
The Mormon leaders are forever asserting
that the MormOns alone have made Utah industrally
prosperous, and holding up the Gcntles as graccless
and ungrateul class In vigorous article addressed To
poor MOmOns oppressed by the system they live UNDER
The san Luxe Tribune says: "You see it has got to be
question OF vcracty between the Gentles and the
Church leaders We assert that prove by testi-
mony that plain that It cannot be disputed that the
Church leaders guilty Of the most scandalous and
shameful lying this business. Now why do poor Nor
mons cling TO such supports Is It necessary Tor
Church that founded by direct ntcrposition OF
Heaven and which daily under the direct advice OF the
Almighty--is Il necessary for such a Church to DO
bOlstercl up by AWFUL falsehOodi Do you not SO
that the whole business is shameful. brazen fraud
that it was founded solely pu. chain upon labor and
make II divide ;s rnngs with loafers and that later 1t
oopSsass4 that mems usts might have religion 40
well their aNalcc, ana 70 DolyEamy was joined 10
rObbcryl Why do yOn not let the thing ana be men
Why do you not make up your minds 10 cease TO pay
tihesl That would XII the bogus thing IN three years
and turn your bogus apostles out TO secure living as
YOU have to do"