New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-05
GENERAL NOTES.

There is jealousy In London as well as in
New York over the privileges and exactions Of the pilots
dePutaion recently waited on tie authorities to pre-
sent facts on subject of potage and one OF It's men,
bers stated of the Thames pilots have az aver
age income OF $4,000 each. In commenting ON this
Abatement Tie Echo says under the restrictive sys
TEN the supply pilots Is unequal to the demand and
aude the fees out Of all proportion TO the value
Of the work performed
The list Regiment will have a pleasant
story to tell OF It's visit to New Orleans but it Is not
essary to wait for their return to know that the men
were received with great cordially and enthusiasm
One Of the most agreeable events OF their visit was the
presentation Of beautiful banner to the regiment oy
Thomas J. semmes In obedience to the orders OF the
King OF the Carnival The ceremony was performed N
the Opera-House the presence OF brilliant audience
The banner is OF silk of the Kings coors-green. yellow
aud purple-wIth golden crown In the centre. II Is
richly fringed IN baOn and expenslvey mounted.
Surrounding the stat is a silver globe on which 10
perched large eagle.
A Society has recently been founded in Paris
with the purpose Of discovering the elementary resme
most advantageous the human species" Nothing IN
that expression necessarily cnts of animal food, ous
the society is founded by DIT. Hnreau de VleDeuve,
persistent vegetarian, and the society Is douotess
pledged to vegetable diet The founder has published
q manifesto In which he eoquentiy defends his own
theory Of food through the practise of which be re-
covered from hereditary rheumatism He points 70
Pythagorns, Putarch, Newton, Milton, Franklin and
Lincoln as illustrations OF the physical ySor and mental
energy which a vegetable diet imparts. 1t viii DO
surprise to people 20 learn that President Lincoln
was a vegetarian. aud the general impression VIII Dc
that the ingenious Ffenchman has invented convert
tempa TO give a universal application 10 the vegetarian
theory are Knocked head by the old truth that
| lone mans meat / another mans poison" The long
and short OF it is that thrive roast beef
| and some persons don't.
paragraph in yesterdays TRIBUNE men
toned stenouapic machine which was recently ex'
i "A
of It as appeared the eyes of Paris correspondent
Mr. J. E. Munson, stenOgrapher Of this city, who has
photograph Of the machine and somessecimens OF in
work. gives the following description OF 10; Inc aF
paratus about the size Of typewriter ana mas TWO
key-boards for each hand each containing eieVen
keys In the centre and separating the key'ooards
| largo revolving wheel, on which wouDd tne
ribbon of paper Connected WITH and operated BY, eaeh
KEY Is little chaFacterSamp" by which indentanons
are made in the paper the wheel No TWO OF the IN
pressons from these stamps are alike, ana the apnsse
made up OF the various different combinations that
may be made from them. As two or more Keys may 10
pressed down as quickly as it follows that these
various compound characters may DO made as specify
| as simple ones. Then by using Of
| them as arbitrary signs for whole words
| and frequent phrases, no doubt good speed may
| be attained. Mr. Munson does not believe, however,
that the machine compete with the best systems Of
English shorthand He says that the French are be
hind the age in shorthand matters, and know almost
nothing OF the skifu stenographc work that done
every day in this country and in England Dr. Sherry
Meig Paris himself the author Of system OF French
stenography, confirms this statement In the following
words: "when We see the persevering and laborous
efforts which the mind has made In other eoun-
tries than France toward the invention OF good steno-
eraphy and the results already obtained, particularly
In Eagish aad GermanspeakinR countries, IL peiniw
10 have to the precar0us condition In which this
art Il still found France" Mr. Munson adds: Tho
| claim that Nicholas machine can be used by person
who understand the language he is reporting
IL NOT well founded because readily separate
and analyze sounds and words spoken In u languags
| with which he Is not familiar.