New-York tribune., 1879-01-02
GENERAL NOTES.

Tbrae singular cases of defective vision are
..r,aa ,or Ocra,oke Islan, n C. Three children OF
lanes Howard become totally bnd eseh uay hnlneuf
aely after the sun goes down. Ioey fetiie, ,JP S,rP
soundly until after SUNRISE when their slgnl 10
A new benevolent and sanitary plan has Deeh
,,,d IN 4, ondop Two weeks Of rural life will be given
N the village of Hastead near Seyen0aks, TO poor Lon
don children on the recommendation OF any clergy man.
s,rreou school teacher, or other respohSioo poi'o
Preference VIII be gwen TO girls rather thah COY s. "nu
,o delicate rather than robust children Chhureh WI"
no tak.n In rotation from March TO OCTOBER 80 me
,umher hoyeyrr OF those VINO can Dc accohuiodsteo
seems at present to be very Small
III. nubIic meeting held in Paris Decem-
her by the FrancO-American Commlitee ior the si"
MITIGATION OF the tariff laws OF the Two countries "'
a very large II took place IN thc ''.u' " -"
bam,s Flys6es and every seat of the large theatre "
an, addresses were made by Ex-Governor H. r. feh'
TON tfon Cbotteau and others. Governor fenIon
offered an earnest support to any anu eleiS "
which would tend to unite America ana fia"'o ~
osrlv in commercial aud social relations. re ,,ta
yas taken down by stenographer ana tIans''1 ~
Fr@nch for the audience. NJ Cnotteau ihIusI'a ma n
he vas about to repeat s sSt tpe 20 two VOC countries
IT ia noted in The Pail Mall Gd:ette as one
o, curious facts in marriage statistics that there has
IN Great Britain OF late years gradual decrease n
the proportion Of marriages solenhzeo hccoTaihs '"
the rites of The Established Church, whie at the so
time the proportion OF ciyil marriages Is steauy
ri
ouet In to make civil marriage obligatory before
tho religious ceremony gone through, instead OF iea
- :, "a poy TO the option OF the persons concerned
Tr ,,d sunersrtion against Tuesdays and Fridays as
lcsv DAYS for marriages religiOusy adhered 10 IN
Pnme u the past three years there were III MI 'uo Wy
nIy .eycnteeu on Tuesday and niue IN Friday. ING
mon m I'm the wear for marrying Is Oet0Der, anu
a, II 10 nat the Carnival time. May Is not 00ne'e
lucky month g.. -.
A new flower of gigantic proportions mas
NJ
,meter is thirty three inches. and the "seo'rier w"
- :, the specinc name Of " 1ltanuin." odoafuo
p.cear, traveller aud naturalist well Known ~ u
,,ne 4, the FORTUNATE fnder OF IT, lilo dispa''hcu Ga
o ~ the bulb roots TO Italy. but peculiar pisfor'
time has befallen them Ihey were au" W
oIleman Of Florence but arrival at Genoa were re-
80, ,,,,ssio, nv the customs officers Out oi dFead
~ The ps,ofcro all living plants have been refused au'
,ss In tin Kingdom lest the terrible Toe OF lht te
ynr,is should sauggie himself mo 9 auH - r. harn
followed the letter ot the Va" 10 ~ ,t,nd,n cargo tho
less Titan. Nuht has pttoW' Va W. ''
Funt,,ila does not know.
The French servant girl i generahy huei'
halter Oft than her American "r BRUSH s''''''
carues three fourths Of her ealpihGs u iA' >,
n.,L and is never content uut she Is uie po'S'Nso "
| Al Inst 800 with which to buy uepen'"ie 'ouH
M m, CITY of Paris, emitting her 10 'ar cH'n'O Vi %
ming $40 600 OF the quarterly drawings uten'"iO
Murr,y further observes that they ha'c 700 'huo"
| 80 d;sar,rr themselves ~ certain English-and no
,oi,ht have added dAmerican-houseinaids no. DS ""N
| ing Themselves out In ehoap hnery Iheit uu'l''a
,,,. j. a vhIts linen cap ana gown OF printed COZ
Ton or calico with perhaps silk keTehie oil s~! '
"a wear on sundays Ner1nO IA sometimes "orn' ou'
M, fteu While she is not indifferent 10 the atdacohs
~ dr,,, sle ia nnburd with native good sense ""Va
teaehes her the propiiey of attrng herssl aVeo'u
| ing 10 her station. She Is too 'hr'" I" 'i'A'