New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-28
GENERAL NOTES.
pubic regard

During the year 1881 there cleared from
the port OF London with cargoes 6.322 with
total tonnage Of 3,GsG9S2 tons-a decrease "a com.
pared with 1880 OF 50 vessels and an Increase VI 1880
tons.
All persons entering the public houses
hotels, restaurants and liquor saoonsof Bristol Eng
land, between the hours of : and IL O'Clock
the evening Of Saturday January counted. with
the following result: OF population Of 100000,
100000 or moro than onehalf, entered the public
houses in four hours Or this number 54074 men,
36.sO3 women and 1915 children.
In a letter to the president of the Charleston
Chamber Of Commerce, General q. A. Gilmore reports
satisfactory progress in the haIbor Improvements which
he has In charge He writes The aggregate length ot
both jetties now 2313j feet and as they have been
laid 10 the full width, very large is presented
receiving hereafter The OF $4,000 could be
economically and adyantageOusly expended during tho
next tw elye months il had il, aud thai special
efforts will be put forth to gel that sum appropriated
during the present session Of Congress. have
no doubt that with liberal appropriations such tue
national Importance Of this improvement jus1es and
requires low water depth OF more than twenty feet can
be established during III" next two years. The projected
Improvement Is not experimental predetermined in
character and good channel WILL beyond question, be
the result OF It's complexion"
No doubt a Florida orange grove is a good
thing to have, but how shall a support htmset
while the trees are growlngi person of experience
answers the question follows through correspondent
Of The Atlanta Constitution: 4" Plant vegetables, plant
cassayn, plant arrowroo raise melons. split rails al 81
per hundred build cabins for your ncigbors at 81 80
per day raise chickens, catch fish and eat thel make
fertilizers, shoot agatOrs In Lake Kissmmee and sell
their hides hire to your ncgbOrs ut $50 per month
and your place at night seltand swap horses,
work of the railroads, put up saw-ms cut
and haul posts and stakes plant nursery trees nOwers
etc. IOu can't staryc. Fish are Tor tho taking, Hhi
sweet potatoes are Indigenous 10 the soil. We have
5000 people III Orange County ana only three paupcrs
and we have never seen beggar III the county"
a correspondent of The L0nd0n Times, writing
upon the subject Of defective vision, describes tho
foolish prejudice against the OF glasses which, he
says, exists widely, especially among the working
classes But not long ago an English workman answered
this criticism IN advance by saying that the foolish
prejudice In the minds of employers, not en-
poyes and asserted that his personal knowledge it
was comparatively difficult for a who glasses
to get work For this persons with defective
vision who hoped to secure feared to lose employ
mcnt deferred long possible the use OF glasses II
this statement Is true II is important Tor Is equivalent
TO saying that vast amount OF work Is imprrfecty
done through the prevalence 81 AIo"nSh notion thdI
spcctaclcs imply a defect which they do not remedy
The L0nd0n Gl0be is anxious about the con-
dion of the English Navy. IL says: In every essen
tia which counts toward lighting efficiency the French
Navy Is ahead Of Their ships carry tao
average thicker armor and heavier guns their speed
higher, and they entirely armed with brcechloaier
I'll" type or gun universally recognized as the most
efficient for naval purposes It does not therefore need
any professional knowledge deducc from these facts
and figures the uncomfortable conclusion That France bids
fair b have considerably stronger navy than orr own
within period which does not reach far into the future
And sAonld we be mad TO allow her 20 steal THIS
advantage II will then be too late to remedy The bner
Ironclads take long time In constrlcuou even WLeh
all possible expedition Il used, and before orr supremacy
could be might have To dep0rc some
grave maritime disaster followed BY the loss OF our
Invaluable ocean carrying trade