New-York tribune., 1880-06-28
GENERAL NOTES.

The newest fashion in London dinner par
ties is to have decorations Of the table and the dining
toom OF real fruit trees in full bearing When
tne time for dessert arrives the guests pick peacnes nee
tsrines and cherries from the trees
Tt lis common now in the English metropolis
to meet with young men who are prematurely round
shouidered and walk with ben; knees and sort OF crab
Ike movement. Riders Of the sO-called steel horse
may be interested know that this ungraceul appear
has been named the y" bicycle Deck, III hohor VI
the pasfime that causes IT.
One of the most curious facts about the
census In Columbus Ohio. is coored enumerator who
being by the several years ago. came out
OF the doctors with both arms amDutated at the
shoulder He learned to write legiby by holding his
enci between his teeth and enumerator recorded
on an average 200 names q day.
1t is becoming more and more probable that
the permanent fame Boston will depend on Bunker
Hi and Baked Beams" 1t estimated that 200 barrels
week or 10000 barrels year. are consumed In the
Ney-Eugland capital. Saturday night and Sunday
morning are times for eating them There are
few Boston bakers who do not put from
one TO five barrels OF beans 10 soak ON
Friday night. and one baker on being asKed
why bakso beans as popular In New-YorR as IN
Boston 20 5iied Because they do not know how 70
cook theo. They don't soak them enough. they Dol
them too much and then take tnem out ot 'ne OFe" ~
fore they are half baked
The eaptain and crew of the schooner Eddie
Pierce OF boston, miles Sandy HOOK and
near the place where the AnchOra and Queen came In
eollisio were surprised TO rkin OF butter come
sumpiug to the surface like bob that has been pulled
under by They could not have been more success
ful In multiplying this rkn II Aadlns Lamp bad been
iu their possession for rus to the surface as
fast AZ they could gather them D until twentseven hao
been secured 1t was natural for the captain 10 wsn
for cheese and cheeses the surface to the num-
her of twentyfOur Two theories have been advanced
70 explan the phenomenon One Is, that some frelgh
vessel has been lost and that through the bursting OF
the hatch ways the time when the Eddie Perce was
IN the vicinity the packages rose 10 the surace an
other "a tha butter cheese we're los' cverD0a1o
sf the time OF the collision nf The queen 1ld the An
chora, and confined IN retr s. Wnen % Wea9
broken up by the Materials rehembnnH proEen
Sarfs OF refrigerators are said TO have been seen
The London Lancet is demanding with
pertipaciy which promises success, that shopkeepers
must provide seats for women clerks 1t has shown
conclusiyely that continued standing IL very detri
mental 10 the health of Other newspapers are
Machining to follow The Lancefs lead and one OF them
offers the following suggestion which can be recon-
mepded to American ladies' who are certainly not less
corsderate welfare Of their sex than their Eng
l.h sters I 10 ridiculous TO pretend that an immense
amount of the waiting In shops cannot be done Blu
ring After ALL the public have the matter In iher own
hands II the ladies who enjoy mornings shopping
vou,d make point Of asking the girls who serve the'
IN sit dawn while the work Of choosing and examining
s,oes IN tradespeOple would soon begin 10 proVioe
eeis Perhsp De 1t would be asking too much 70 expect
customer to hand bhopwoman chaf over tnc s,h SUh
sommon sense Of humanity could &c least leave TIT
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