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HOUSEHOLD. Little Pink 8unbonnt Goat, to School- Every morning, just about eight, Little l'mk Suirbounot opens the gate, And, a tin bucket upon her arm, Trvdge* away from grandpapa's farm. There are cookiet, and applet, and batter and bread. Tucked away beneath that shining lid ; And a'dear little, childish, curly head Under the (unbonnet'i crown U hid. Oh, it U lonesome at home all day ; The saucy kitten refuse* to play ; Nobody tinging about the place ; Nobody coaxing the dog to race ; No little feet on the fresh-scrubbed floor, Breaking V> piece* grandma'* rule. Oh, it it sad when summer i* o'er ; Little Pink Sunbonoet turt* to ichool. Little girl* grow, ot course they should, Soon to a beautiful womanhood. Then from the door, come happy day, 1 'ear little maiden will go away. It is not strange we should think of this, When in the morning, bright and cool, Net forgetting a good-bye kies Little Pink Sunbonnet goes to school. {Good Housekeeping. Stay When Ton Ire I received a letter the other day, in which the writer said, "Amber, I want to come to the eity and earn my living, what chtnce have I?" And I felt like porting back an immediate answer and saying V. Slay where you are." I didn't do it, though, for I knew it would be useless. The child i* bound to come, and come she will. And she will drift into a third rate boarding-house, than which if there is any- thing meaner let us pray! And if she is pretty she will have to carry herself like snow on high hills to aroid contamination. If she U confiding and innocent the fate of that highly persecuted heroine ef old-fash- ioned romance, Clarissa Harlowe, 1* before bor. If she is homely the door* of oppor- tunity are firmly closed against her. If she is smart she will perhaps succeed in earn- ing enough money to pay her board bill and have sufficient left over to indulge in the maddening extravagance of an occasion- si paper of pins or a ball of tape. What if, after hard labor and repeated failure, she does aecnre something like suc- cess' No sooner will she do so than up will step some dapper youth who will beck- on her over ths border into the land where troubles just begin. She won't know bow U ssw or bake, or make good coffee, for such arts are liable to be overlooked when a girl makes a career for herself, and so love will gallop away over the hills like a rideles* steed, and happiness will flare like a light in a windy night. Oh, no, my little country maid, slay whsre you are if you have a home and friends. Be content with fishing .or trout in the brook rather than cruising a stormy sea for whales. A great city is a cruel place for young live*. It takes them as the cider press takes juicy apples, sunkiased and flavored with the breath of the hills, ami crushes them into pulp. There is a spoonful of juice in each apple, but cider is cheap. A Dty at Home- It would save a great deal of annoyance If women in villages and small towns fol- lows.) the example of their city sisters and had a day to be " at home" to their friends. By (hi* I* not meant that refreshments, even to the eitent of a cup of tea, neces sarily should be provided. Hut, if all one's acquaintances understood that one could always be found on a certain day ol the week, on* would not be likely to mite seeing those people whose society was a treat not to be lightly lost. As the case Und>. a very line day calls oat everybody at once to make up a number of visit* The consequence 11 that everybody runs awsy from all the rest, and nobody is at home %oywh*re. Mind Stagnation- Wherever the mind f .ils to have work suHicicnt to occupy it* powers, a certain stag-union murt reiolU Whether the in- dividual is an ennuied woman ol fashion or a hard working woman, cumbered with so much worldly drudgery that she has no thought for anything beyond, the result is almost the tame a certain stagnation ol the mental powers, a weakening of the menial force*, though the individual may fall to understand it and would resent thj imputation. TabU Linen- ln ths matter of economy in purchasing table linen, there are two factors to be borne in mind. Where a pattern prove* unpopular, the goods ar* soon to be had a< a considerable discount from the price* ol popular patterns ol the same quality. This is generally the " inside reason" for the great "bargains" which are sometime* advertised in these goods'. The purchaser must decide for herself whether this reason makes the bargain an undesirable one, In her particular case. In any case, it may be set down as poor policy and poor econ- omy to buy thin, light goods, no matter how tine they may b, fnr ordinary table use. A much cosrser article, with strength and firmness of fibre, will look vastly better after a little line, owing to its power ol misting wear. Neatness, convenience and good taste will determine what shall adorn the family board, as it* members gttli* around it at each mealtime. On more elaborate ocoa- tint. and in the homes where wealth and sola! position bring constant respontibdii y , fashions have their rite and fall in table linen as elsewhere. For these, ths formal dim. er, the let* formal luncheon, the oozy tea, have each their requirements a* to table naptry and service. Just at present, tho "right thing" for the teveral occasions, a* laiddown by a r*oognized authority, may b* thus briefly summarize, 1 : "For dinner* and for luncheons, cloth* are woven with boruftft complete and wiih napkin* to match naoh let. For the afternoon tea, small Iringud napkins will l> usrd, and they may or may not match the pattern of the cloth as, taste and circumstances determine. I'll* dinner cloths are all requlr I l<> dhow a finish ol narrow hand sewed ln-m, as on the napkin* that ac -nmpany , II,* lunch 'loth* are liemf.it, hcd uk tea cloth* aie U> k cut work centres, cut- work edge*, drawn-work border*, and as much elaboration a* indivi- dual taste may suggest." An Economical ftinuer- MEND 1. Beef Stew, Pickled Cabbage, Oatmeal Wafers, Cocoa-Rice Ball*. Te, Hot Milk. MEMO i Celery Soup, Meat Pie, lioile j Onions, White Bread, Grape Pudding, Tea. MENU 3. Bean Soap, Beef Loaf, Mathed Potatoes. Graham Bread, Stewed Tomatoes, Cranberry Pie, Coffee. These menus are not intended as exao- models but as suggestions to those who desire to combine palatableness with econt omy. Often a low-priced, inferior piece oj meat may be converted into a* nourishing and savory a dish as a high-priced roast. When eggs are high it i* well to have a knowledge of delicate desert* which do not require them. There i* nothing, to my tatte, equal to tho desserts in which apples Form an important ingredient, but when they are scarce and high, and grapee and cranberries are plentiful, I have concocted various desserts from the latter which have jroved very good. Among my cans of fruit are some labeled " puddings," in which hr fruit, after boiling, ha* been put through a colander, iweetened, and U eady to be combined with oorn*tarch foi ludding, or with egg* for meringue pie*. Beef Stew. Procure a five or tea-cent soup-bone, which is csnally halt meat. 'over with boiling water ami place where t will simmer for several hour* until ths K>ne can be removed, leaving'the meat. Cut his in small pisoee, add salt, pepper, a few aw potatoes sliced, sliced onions if ons ikes, if not a small pinch of celery seed, hyme or other flavoring. Boil for half an lour or Icnger, then add dumplings made as for biscuit, only stirre J stiff instead of rolled. Caver closely and boil for fifteen minutes, when it is ready to serve. Pickled Cabbage. Thi* is usually pre- .red early in the fall and can be kept mtil late in the spring. Havs a granite let IK- partially filled with spioed and sweet- ened vinegar. When boiling, pour in some ioely.chopped cabbage. Let it just scald ; emove the cabbage to a jr, using a colander lipper so as to leave the vinegar in theket- le. Add more cabbage, repeating the oper- ation until allis scalded, cover with hot inegar, press a plate down over it and set n a cool place. Cocoa -Rice Balls. Cook the rice in plenty f water until partially done, add a pinch of alt, sugar to sweeten well, on* heaping spoonful of cocoa, although grated choco- ate may be nted, to each cup of rice. Pour nto cupi, place in the steamer over a kettle >f boiling water until nearly like jelly. When cold turn into side dishes. It may be eaten without cresm. but it improved by it. If cream is scarce, it may be made to go arthi-r by whipping with an egg-beater. Meat pie. Place a layer of cold beef or other bile of meat, chopped fine, in the Mittoni of an earthen baking dish, season with pepper, salt, a layer of powdered uracksrs with bits of butter and a little nilk ; thus place alternate layers until the dish i* full ; wet well with gravy or broth, r a little warm water ; spread over all a thick layer of cracker* which have been seasoned with salt and mixed with milk and a beaten i gg. Stick bits of butter over it, cover and oak* half the three-quarter* of an hour ; remove to cover ten minute* before serving and brown. Celery Soup. Bull a head of celery (some of the stalks not suitable for the table may be used) in a pint, or more, of water for forty-five minutes. Boil a few slices of onion ib a pint and a half of milk ; mix one table spoon! ul of flour with a little cold milk and add to the boiling milk. Cook ten minutes. Mash celery in the water in which it was boiled and stir into the milk. Add butter, salt, and pepper to Uste. Strain and serve at once. Bean Soup. Soak one quart of dried whit* beans over night. In the morning drain and add two quarts of water; when it bolls pour the water off and add two quarts of fresh boiling water and also a quarter of a teaspoonful of soda. Boil until the beans are very soft, press them through a *iev> and return to the kettle; add salt, pepper and butter to tatle, and a cupful of cream, or milk, or more if the soup It too i luck. Serve with squares of stale bread fried brown in butter . Beef Loaf. Chop one and one- half pounds of raw steak and one thin shoe ol fat tall pork, together with two slices of stale whit* bread ; add ten medium sited crackers, rol led tine, melted butter, the use of a hen's egg, and two beaten egg*. Season wild salt, pepper and sage. Mix and make into a loaf, like bread. Place in a baking-nan with a little water, caver with bits of butler, dredge with flour and bake two hours, basting often. C'ul in slices to serve. Grape Pudding. If rauntd grapet are used run through a jolander to remove skin and seeds, sweeten, let come to the boiling point and thicken with oornstaroh which has besn stirred smooth in a little of the grape juice, (foil five minutes and turn into mold or side dithes. This makes a pretty-looking deesert and may be served with or without cream. Cranberries, or other fruits, may be ussd in the same way. Cranberry i'ie. One and one-half cuptuls of ohopped cranberries, one cupful of sugar; wel a lahletpoonful of cornstarch in a little water, and turn one-half cupful of boiling water ovor it. Mix all together and bake wlili two crusts. [Mary Stetson In House- keeper. London's- Olubof Tall Woman- There it a rumor ot a tmart club In Lon- don called "The Five-foot nine. " It owes its name to the fact that every member must be exactly feet inches in height. Two other rrqiiiiitet are that the member* shall "belong to the aristocracy, and be altogeth- er lovely." By a judicious treatment of the heel* of one's shoe* and by a preternatural srectnes* of potturs a fair number of appli- cant* have satisfied the requiremrnts, imi five ft nine is a pretty effectual bar to a crowded roelef. THE COD FISIIKRS, Hardy and Daring Men Who Draw Nets Off Labrador's Coast- Firkin* Ike bruund War. It Is llll tVettf ! the Arm. ef Ike kin* ef Ike Bert*. Since the days when the Cabot* first sighted ths mow-covered peaks and ice- bound coast of Labrador, its forbidden shore* t.ave been rarely visited except by fishermen, enthusiastic explorsn and scieni itu. It* few settlement* are all upon the coast, generally in some sheltered ford, presenting in the summer a tight that is mdeid picturesque, but in ths winter a forbidden spectacle of despair and desola- tion. With the exception of a few permanent villagers in the extreme southern part, the population of the peninsula it composed of Ksquimaux, missionaries, agents of the Hudson Bay Company, with a small number of hardy settlers, who are left to care for the deserted homes of ths absent fishermen. Here these people spend the dreary months of Winter in their peat bouses covered with many feet of snow, cut off from all com- munication with friends in distant lands, waiting patiently for the cheery whistle of the mail boat, which is the harbinger of print; and the return from mere existence to a few weekt of true life. The great product of Labrador is its fish- eries. Strip it of iu marine products and yon have left nothing but mosquitoes and a barren waste. In its fisheries, which amount annually to many hundreds of thousands of dollars, it is easy to see wrat has been the bone of contention in past yean between England, France and the United States. SCOTCH CAI'ITAL AT WORK. The business of catching fish is carried on For the most part by the large and enter- prising housesof Scotland, with their branch offices iu Newfoundland. Each house has it* dependent* rhom ii furnishes in Spring with food, apparatus and boat* necessary to obtain a catch. In the fall the accounts are settled. If the season has been a re- munerative one the house obtains an ample return for it* investment ; but if, as often happens, the season has been for some rea- son an unprofitable oue, the hou-e stsnds its loss, patiently looking to another year to reimburse it for its previous unprofitable outlay. Very little money ever passe* into the hand* of the catcher* of the fish. It i* a matter of barter wholly, and the balance of credit i* always on the side of the house. Yet with its manifest disadvantage* the system it a great practical help to the fish- erman himself, since it free* bin from direct competition in the large markets, and guarantees bint a hosne and means of support, which il left to himself he might often lack. M-AMUXAVIAX METHOD*. The method of catching nth differs from that employed by any other people except (he Scandinavian*. It was introduced !rom the Norwegian coast overftwenly years ago, and first put into operation off the shores of Newfoundland near St. John's. There it was to successful that trap-fishing ts now employed along the whole Labrador coast. Ths trap consults of an immense wall nuilt in tte form of a iquare, measur- ing eight fathoms on a side. These tide*, which are made of strong netting, are con- nected at the bottom by a flooring of net- ting, the whole extending from the buoys at lh* surface to very near the bottom, rrom the square enclosure thus made a net is strung to the thore, where it i* fattened, generally at the foot of some perpendicular cliff, to serve the purpose of a leader. The fish in their passage to aud from the harbor encounter this leadsr, and in trying to pass around it enter the trap, which they try in vain to leave. The average number ol fiih captured at one haul of the trap it fifty quintals in a good season, and as two hauls are made in a day the profits ar* large, especially when the fish sell, as during the past season, at from three dollars and fifty cents to four dollars per quintal. The method of pulling the trap i* very interesting. A larg*boat, capable of carry- ing forty quintal* of fisli, manned by six hands, 'it moored to one -orm-r of the trap and the work of undermining begun, tte object being to force the Ash into one corner that they may the more easily be transferred to tbs boat by the dip-net. Beginning at 'his corner, the bottom and sides of the uet are pulled gradually to the tides of the boat, as each new hold reaches the gunwale the preceding one being let go. In this way the fish are gradually forced into the corner, fro:n which tbey are trans- (erred to the boat. Oitentimns the sag of the net becomes caught on the bottom of the boat, which is then literally aground on a shoal of cod-fish. When the catch of flsh is too large for the boat to carry to the cleaning house a big is fastened to the top line of the net and the fish forced into it, where they remain until the next day, when they are taken at a special trip. A well-< quipped trap costs $100, aad when badly torn or, as is sometimes ths case in a storm, lost altogether, necessitates an additional hardship on the unfortunate owner. At each heavy blow or storm the t raps are taken up to guard against possible disaster, but oftentimes the storm comes up too suddenly to admit of this precaution, and total destruction of the trap ensue*. The fishermen, however, are adepts at mending the net, and a needle at.d twine are inditpentable to a well-equipped boat. The advantage* in this meant of fithing, a* regard* the safety of persons and pro perty engaged, over the American method of banting can be easily seen. The vessels remain securely anchored in a safe harbor, while the men live either on board or in ooinfortable hut* on shore, making trips twice each day to their trap*. No danger here from storms, fogs, or the ocean grey- hounds, the swift messengers of death to so many of our hardy Cape Ann fishermen. Comfortably housed on shore the fisherman laughs at the howling gale outeide, and contentedly wail* for the coming of a calmer and a brighter day. AM CAOIR HITSIl FOR Till nROP*M. In ths pursuit of Out industry the law of the survival of the Attest is followed to the letter, and priority of possession is ths only ritfht held saored. Kaoh Spring, long before ths Ice has released its grip ou the shore, the fishermen are speeding north ward to the rocky coast of Labrador, each captain with his sye grimly fastened ou a favorite piece of territory which he knows from past experience will be very liberal to him who first plant* bis trap within its limit*. The race is one lor the very exist- ence of the competitors, and is attended with the greatest hazard. Time and again do the hardy mariners butt the ice-Dow with their slender prow*, until at the end of a week the ioe part* (lightly, letting in a favored one, on'y to close the same night, shutting out countless others who may be even in tight of their more fortunate rival The right* of position do jiot bold over from year to year, and the fortunate man it he whose vessel is swiftest, and whose complete knowledge of the treacherous coast enables him to hazard risks which his less-skilled neighbours dare not under- take. The Labrador cod are much smaller in size than those obtained by our fishermen on the Grand Bank* and in addition to the rock species a variety of the Greenland cod i* caught, much the same in sue but with a mottled skin. Three gradeeare recognized by the dealer at Battle Harbor, Newfoundland cod bold- ing the first place, Straits of Belle Isle cod the second, and Labrador cod the third ; but in the European markets, where for the most part these fish go, it is needless to say that all are sold under the bead of first quality. WOULD HA&BE48 THE OOBAI. Freswsal le 114 a *> Belweea Irelaa sad Hrotland and 1'IIIUe Ttslee. A bold scheme for obtaining mechanical power for industrial purpose* ha* lately attracted attention in England. It contem- plate* the construction of a dam fifteen miles long from the northeastern coast ef Ireland across North Channel" to the extremity of Cantire, Soot'ecd, and putting in several gates and water wheels, to be worked by the tide. Owing to the greater depth of the Irish Sea and to the freer course afforded west and north of Ireland, the tide come* op Irom the South Atlantic by that route, and flow* southward through the passage just mentioned long before it can get up there on the eist aide of the green isle. Moreover, the gulf stream, or rather the drift from it, bathe* the northern part of Great Britain more freely thai the southern, and a portion thereof is diverted southward by ths Scottish coast, so a* to make a continuous current, it i* said, flow- ing down the North Channel. Here it a great deal of power going to waste, aad the New York Tribune thinks it is not a senseless proceeding to consider the practi- cability ol utilising it somehow. American enterprise at Niagara has set the whole world thiukng of such matters. The depth of water is 474 feet in mid- channel ; hut most of ths way it is much lees than this. The proposed "isthmus" for that is what theengiuters call it would be about three hundred feet wide and the material for i*,,it is though t.might be obtain- ed from the high bluffs at the Irish end. The estimated cost is 110,000,000, and the time named as ueoeesary for construction is three years. The current flows at six miles an hour most of the way across, and at some places even faster. It i* taken for granted that the power developed by this meant would be converted into the form of eleo- tii.'ity for transmission : bat there i* some queelion at to the localities in which it would l>e ussd. On the Irish side of the channel there are no large town* near at hand. Dublin t* 126 miles away and London 366 ; Glasgow, in a bee line is seventy-five miles distant, and KJmburgh about fifty more. More people have died from colds than were ever killed in battle, declares an in- vestigator. KHetrical headlight* for locomotive* will likely come into general use wilhiu a few yean. The Southern Pacific railroad has already equipped many of its engine* with this new headlight. A millionaire of Vienna has left provision in his will for the constant illumination of ill.- vault wherein he now lie*. An electric light is to be kept burning for a year, and even th coffin is tu be lighted in the in- terior by electricity. A bolt of lightning, near Luting, Tex., struck the corner of a house, passed through athslf, hit a snuff bottle and leaped to the floor, where it seemed to exhaust itself en a little -2 year-old child. Tho child was only slightly stunned, but in a short time it* back turned perfectly black. Until the discovery of the gold mines in California Russia was the greatest gold- producing country, mining about fl.'t.OU'.- 000 a year. In the northwestern part of Colorad there is a region several hundred square miles in extent which i* a vast deposit of petrified fish. The tongue of the toed is attached to the front of his j w and hangs backward instead of forward. A Spanish musician has devised a system of musical notation by which the sharp-ami flat system is done away with. Workmen boring an art*iao well in Lou isiaua struck a maple log in a sc .ud state of preeorvalion 540 feet below tht surface. The Klectrical Review estimates that thers U about $100,000.000 invested in the telephone exchange butineas of ths I'liuol State*. George Babbitt, of Wavelan-i, I ml., was deaf and dumb for five years. A fall lately caused a serious accident to his arm and leg. Since then be can talk and hear as wsUaej he *v*r oould. Scarcely a stream issues from ths lower ilopes of the Andes, either to the Amason on the east or the Pacific on the west, the sands of which are not auriferous. The amount of gold in the country must be iabu'oos. PROJECTED OOEA1 OKBVUL mss ! an/ Bile* le fee LaMTMs Tear. Some thousands of mile* were added U*t year to the world'* sobmarin* abk<*, and thu year may be one of the meet noteworthy in the history of submarine telegraphing. The Anglo-American Cable Company will lay a new Atlantic cable this spring. The) cable is now making in England, and it i* to differ in at least one sinking peculiarity from all other submarine cable*. It* copper conducting wire will weigh 6oO posuuls per kuuL Hllherlo no cable ha* baa a conduc- tor weighing so much as MO pounds per knot, and most of Ihe Atlantic cables have conductors weighing 400 pounds or lea* per knot. Many snort cables, and even some long ooes in tropical waters, have cores weighing as little a* 100 pounds. Cable* 1,900 mile* long on th* oasl coast of Africa have cores weighing 250 pound* to the knok The heaviest core is that of the French cable from >t. Pierre Miqnelon to BresL It i* 2,242 mile* long and weigh* 4S5 Ib*. per knot. The etttmated cost for making and laying long rabies is about $1,200 per knot, lit* supposed thai the coet of th* proposed Pacific cable will be tomewhat greater, be- cause ii must be laid at O GREAT A DISTANCE from anywhere the cable itself it likely to b* manufactured. The total length of that cable, exclusive ol 740 knot* already laid in Australasian waters, will be about .">,: i knot*, if San Francisco shall be the terminus in the U. 9 ., and some hundreds of miles longer should Vancouver be the terminus. The cost at $1,24)0 per knot would b* about $0,900,000 for cable and laying alone. The estimated price of $1,200 per knot f or making and laying cables includes every- thing that the contractor i* usually re- quired to do. The specifications included in the contract for ths making and laying of a great cable enter into elaborate minutiae touching what is required on both sides. There ar* stipulations a* to the weight and quality of everything that enters into th* cable. Then the number of ton* strain that th* cable must b* capable) of enduring, the method of making joint* and of testing them, and the method of indicating the length of the cable al given point* are all set down in the specification*. The engin- eers of the company are to have the right while the cable i* laying to OOHMUillCATI WITH THK 8RORI end from time 10 lime. Cablee are usually paid for in installment* as so much ol th* cable is manufactured. The contractor i* commonly required to insure the cable in transit from loss and damage by fire or sea, she In the ease of one important cable it was stipulated that the contractor* might ship at their own risk such length* of cable a* Ihey thought fit beyond the specified length*, and that should any tuch extra cable he laid with the consent of the com- pany's engineers, it should be paid for st the rate of M per knot up to 20,000. The contractor's ship usually lies at hand for some week* after th* cable is laid in order to make needed repairs while the tests are In progress. The contractor must land th* cable and carry it under ground to a point at a safe distance beyond nigh tide. When cable* were first laid il was a difficult matter to find a manufacturer to make them. The field was a new one, and all the condition* were strange. In las* than forty year*, however, the making ol submarine cable* ha* been brought to a wonderful degree of perfection, tbongh that dream of the electrician, a cable that shall carry the human voice from America to Europe, ha* not yet been attained. There are now, however, more than forty manu- facturer* of cable* and about two score ves- sels specially constructed for crble laying. Meet of the factories are in Great Britain, but the cable ships are scattered over the globe. Three are regularly stationed at Halifax, seven at London, tour at Silver- town, two at Singapore, two in the Weet Indies, two at Callao, three in the Medi- terranean, one at Gibraltar, one al Aden, one at Shanghai, one at Copenhagen, one at Brest, one at Pemambnco, and one ak Montevideo, with others at point* in China, India, and Australia. They are held in readiness to go to any point within 'heir jurisdiction for repairs upon telegraphic notice. Th* world i* now so netted with cables, great and small, and new one* ar* laid so frequently, that there is much demand foe the service* of th* cable-laying ship*. A list of the world'* cables, long and short, set down in tabulated form occupies twenty arg* and closely printed page*. Tho cable map of the world prepared Oy the United State* Navy Department show* that the Mediterranean is thickly netted with cables west ol Malta. So is the North Atlantic between the thirty-eighth and fifty fifth parallels. The North Sea, Ihe Red Sea, and the Arabian Sea have many cable*. The only IIRBAT VKBB.ux.-Bi> SPACES now are the Pacific, the South Atlantic, and the great stretch ol the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Australia. There is no considerable cable north of Stockholm or south of Nelson, New Zealand. The Black Sea ia completely girdled by land lines and crossed by one cable. The (iulf o Mexico i* crossed, though not at it* wulitsl, by several cable*, and the waters of the SVest Indies are becoming thickly netted with short cables. Coast com- munications in the United Slates and Eu- rope are maintained mainly by land lines, but in Africa, South America, and much of Asia ths same thing is attained by means of long or short cable loops. It thus hap. pens that America although more thoroughly equippsd with telegraphic Im-i than any other in the work), has a com parstively small amount of cable withi:i her own waters. This may perhaps ac- count in part for th* fact that cable mak- ing i* only just beginning to b* an impor- tant industry in the United State*. Th* navy of tk* United State*, however, ha* don* a vast deal for th* art of cable laying. Commander Sigsbee ha* invented a highly effective sounding machine for ascertaining the depth of Ihe ocean, an absolutely necessary preliminary to cable laying. Lieutenant-Commander '/*. L. Tanner, of the I'. S. navy, hat deviaedan ingen- ious case for deep-tea thermometer* and a'so improved a thermometer frame invent- ed by an Italian naval officer. The Navy I Department has also issue') *n elaborate J treatise on cable laying, and nsrde sound- ings for the proposed Pacific cable route)