New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-26
GENERAL NOTES.

The Maison du ROi on the Grande Place al
Brussels where the Duchess of Rchmoru gave the his
orc ball on the night before the battle Of Waterloo is
undergoing alterations preparatory to its occupation by
the financial department of the city government
The numerous and immortal body-servant Of
Washington is temporarily eclipsed by colored woman
of Cumberland Nd who says that she is 100 years OF
age She remembers distinctly many OF the Incidents Of
the of 1912. is the mother of several children
who themselves ara considered aged.
The Brooklyn Bridge was not the ONLY i'm
porant structure of the kind opened public use on ho
Queens birthday. On the day the first permanent
bridge across the Indus became a thoroughfare IL
spans the river at Attock and according to The London
Goo supplies the great want which has long been felt
on the main road through Northern India and on the
principal trade route from the Punjab to Central Asia
anu promises 10 be as beneficial from military as from
u commercial point OF view.
The Belgian Government has Just accented a
egacyeft to the goddess schools Ypres by Brussels
tailor whimsical freethinker who several months ha
fore his DEATH wrote out the following announcement "a.
ating that M. Adophus Pype has the honor
inform you Of his departure for the other world and
asks You accompany his body TO the ceme,srv IN
which he Will be buried by CT vii rite on the at
| leaves this earth without regret"
| During the last few days popular interest has
| made ready market for numerous photographs and
prints OF the great Bridge and the busy scenes
it. OF the best of these is large colored th
O9IdpuI pHpuSIcu DIOtncIsp OF No. "a COrt-
andt-st representing the imposing structure as IL
would appear from point the City Hall Park, d.
rectly opposite THE TRIBUNE Building, whose fine front
is conspicuous In the immediate foreground The broad
approach the lofty towers and the majestic arch be-
with substantial accuracy and the whole interest,"
] ing souvenir OF a great work accomplished.
| The French Minister of Commerce has pub
| shed a statement of the approximate daily wages Of
workpeoplc engaged in the principal industries OF the
French capital These of the figures in cases
no wages in food in any other form than money
are given Jewellers bakers, Tiers, and blacksnIths
81 30; butchers. carpenters, cabinetmakers clock
makers printers, joners plumbers, sonenasOns metal
and ga TIERS II 20; bakers 81 49, brewers IS;
brckayers and shoemaker 20; sadders, locksmiths
and dycrs 90 coschmakers, thinkers cutters, stoye-
makers and bookbnders, 81 10; coal beavers, 81 81;
wrights florists fariers taors, tanners carpet
makers. cOOpers, wOOd-urners and scavengers, 81;
stocking makers l5 rOpemakers tInlnen and weayers.
80 gardeners, 10; house painters, II 23i BARRIERS,
| co. pOtters, u; sawyers 81 IL Wonen's wages
vary from 10 to 80 cents.
There now lives in st. Louis in the serene
enjoyment Of healthy old age who IN his prime
the expert burglars in the country His
name which is said 10 be familiar TO the police Of every
city Is Truman Ryan. He lives with his wife in his
own house and Is supposed to he easy circumstances
the result many years close attention to the business
| from which he has now retired The most singular
feature his existence however is the professional in
structOn which lie mparts for reasonable c0npensa-
ton To young who DESTROYS OF becoming expert
criminals The Post Dispatch prints long account OF tho
experience OF OF its reporters who assumed the r0e
of an embryo cracksman and took lesson in Ryans
school of burglary The instruction Onthat day comprised
an enumeration of the burglars tools and general eX-
PLANTATION OF their use together with few practical ex-
| ampes OF clever work and many comprehensive sug-
gestions The reporter was informed that Ryan has
dozen regular pupils several OF whom are about
| ready To be graduated
The fashion of bedding plants of different
coors in carpet patterns has been developed in English
! gardens under conditions of warmth and moisture
which are unknown in this climate IN the Short, hot
and dry summers of the United States striking
effects in this formal and artificial style of planting have
not yet been attained but every year the florists are
sending out plants obtained by careful hybridz!ng
| and selection, with a to produce varieties with
brghthucd foliage and fast coors under trying sun
1t Is in stylish that the lawns most
profusely rbbOned. embroidered and emblazOned with
floral bravery OF this From Newport comes the ac-
that 10000 plants Of single variety have been
ordered for OF color the grounds Of swell
| villa The shortest name yet Invented for any OF
these 10000 specimens Ia alternanthera parychodes
major bat all this name has not yet discouraged the
little plant from cleaning very brightly In crimson and
iheras will - 600 adds slightly prosac and COM
mercal flavor 10 the story but then decorations or TINS
class widely appreciated when they are known
| to be expensive.