New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-08
STRAYNOTES HERE AND THERE

II Is strange that so many cases OF gcois arriNo
safely and intact at their destinations. a stroll
along any one Of the downtown streets reveals Inc
dangers which menace IN Sc cas'~. Boxes oi eiaSs
| and china Of the most delicate and costly Description
are handled a, II they were bales OF wirc' Inv
siencillci words Handle with care mean nothing
10 truckmen. whose ONLY object III ne !, " ~
! the boxes on and off their wagons. ONLY th' ran.
| road baggage smashcr can approach them III ro"S"
| handling
| a merchant was anxo1Sly watching the terrible
pitching and tossing which his case OF Dresden ware
| received and recoun,cd his early experience:
| was employed rs clerk In crockery STORE III s"o
| a month"; with the understanding that was 10 pay
| for all broke lasted in that establishment '"s'
one month. and at the end of my time iad 70 p,,
That Is TO say. had broken S'4 worm o. oroc hi
IN the month. then went into ne hiuwar, ~r'
| An explanation OF the origin and meaning Of the
| expression "pg-hcad,d" Is given thus: ">on get
a pig in n potato patch open gap In The fence and
| try TO drive hin ont. lie will see that gap as
| we'll rs yor bat he'll run past II a hundred ZINES
and y0rr soul on fir. finally hrlI wal 'ln''n
| out. That Is The meaning Of pls'hcadcu LOIS Vi
| folks pig headed
The streets are rarely worse blocked than they are
| in these DAYS. The cost OF the delays In franc
| must amount n large sum Of money, yet h'tle
| effort is made to improve matters. why MOI aa"p'
| the method used In Rio Janciro' There. IN 'he
br-ies, streets the tricks ana other vehicles ARE
| allowed to go In only direction. ~ Is Dri,Vcu
| that thls pan would work satisfactorily Ia New
| York. Why not give 1t II trial.
Probably che sea-captan In a hundred would not
stop hl, vessel and turn back to pick up chnn3
Of ambcrgris. The others would 1t i very VAIN
able substance, and Of the oldme sailors can
bear 10 pass II by II IS supposed 10 he an internal
| secretion from tile sperm whale, and Is uSed IN me
manufacture of pcrfum"ry The oid Jar VINO oro h
| fin a chunk Of Ii the other daV W''gIhe ap"'
,nuutS
IN Old Venetian dessert has been introduced TO
New Workers at an uptown restaurant. In Venice II
/, called "sorti7 CornucopiaS made OF a sweet
pa.te A hole Il quarter of an inch IN diameter beng
left nj The small end and lii" large end remaining
OPEN \ dozen placed on" within IN"
other and served OH plate. In nests on hhoth"r
plate or bowl. served cream and Srear. whipped
mich the same ~ syllabnb. The host or we
walter MI, the cornucopaS with the cream. ana Inc
guest the latter by putting ne small cmd d tc
cornucolJa their mouths ana sucking H. ia" paste
Itself IS delicious and Is generally eaten
The town + full OF quizmasters. ana the youth OF
the land are preparing tn" comp"tii'" examinations
tat are 4, get them into college. the hospitals. the
Navy or IVES, Point. keep them out. gradual"
Yale. ~. In lieu Of s9m"ihing better to- DO ha;
Is making an excellent living. His methods ar" MS
own and are entirely original. Young men from MI
parts OF tn" United states are among his pupils
Dr. Campbell a recent writer medical subjects.
makes the "ymol)gy Of medical terms lighv Inter
csting study. An Olympus" he SAYS. "S'cnS 10
have been Interested In medicine. while demigods.
nympas. saiyr, AMI naiads stroll through the various
tranchc, of our science giving their names here TO
plant used incidentally and there 10 disease. syinp-
TOM or part Of the body speaking Of ih" gods
saturn s,ys. has come down to II, IN SiiuInihr
p.l,onng: Mars. tn god ~ war, has given us the
martial preparations: Jupiter Ammon. TIE horned
god /, remembered In ammonia Chart ,hornl. some OF
m OF NucIuig.d rlbb r. Mercury.