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It is the [1 10 have come 'afieogm dark and perform.” At last >rton took the re- edge and gave him It out a. miniature :ed it near the edge goal note the frogs l6 water and jump- formed a circle and d began to sing a. an selected because here was a perfect Lfi the filioric acid in 'lead or earthen ves- ad they performed very leg kicking in movements were id variety, and one Iorton’s statement 3 years to get this perfect discipline- he drill, and than ntat. At. a. givgn The largest- frog md a little fellow, shrill soprano. r. Horton said that. 3 their voices were at. this time of the :gan to show ' a m-gave the sign» heir homes at. the ’. Horton tells many 0 of his pets. 'ed heat and boifing 1 for. 311'. Hor‘ nd simnltaneously mt a bxg frog and e of the wazer. ,1: bank and sat “ Attention 1” 6 every leg was .nd the action was ' me next, and ms formed in four their head, which 1 six pounds seven ms and looked as Iis weaker breth- mmerse in asolution rhen the casting will atter metal. They seaâ€"Boil six pounds pm- gallons of water, in tin or tin shavings. a boiled a sufficient be tinned age put one part ; grind or n consistency of thin (1 layers with one or ms, or gauze wire, as we may be. ratâ€"Brass filings, 2 rnrth ounce. Put the I ply the solution after thoroughly contact; then drue workfâ€"Agphfltuql, use of more than 500 1891. mg continued, wBen in metallic form on ing partly reduced, :ment becomes tough .n and your husband {Mimiany if they can always be TADPOL-EE. vnnded 31335) 1 8'; 3. After sufficient pulverized glass sterling the solution the particles of gum pgeparing initruments, etc.: grains ; coped, 30 : red sandal or mired and fifteen editions, 3 total in} Englapd last -A- Invalid 3. 2 At last. my be found a gold A nice tooth soap, or a sweet-smelling tooth powder, may be reckoned among the toilet articles which are the delight of every well-organized woman. ' But the best tooth soaps, in the language of the little girl “ cost money,” and many a. woman has been compelled to buy some- thing less dainty than she wanted, because she could not afi'ord to buy the gilt-edged vafiety._ Here is a. tooth soap which may be highly recommended. It is sweet smelling, nice tasting and cleansing without having in its composition an ingredient which could pos- sibly harm the teeth. Indeed, it is so mild that those who require a. “gritty ” soap mgt add pumice stone to the componnd. _ For the tooth soap get of powdered orria root; a quarter of a. pound, of powdered myrrh two ounces, of powdered white soap three ounces, of powdered saffron one ounce and of oil of lavander two drachms. Mix wig: one pound of precipitated chalk. “ . This makes quite a lange quantity. But the soap keeps well. Should you not feel equal to mixing the ingredients yourself a druggist will toss them together for you, without charging you any more than the separate ingredients would cost if bought singly. _ .... 1 For the delicate teeth of children a. good powder can be made from two ounces of Castile soap. powfdered and dried ; one ounce of subtle-fish bone, powdered ; four ounces of honey and a. dash of lavender for perfume. An attractive dining room lately furnish- ed shows the walls covered with an emboss- ed paper of a light olive brown with Venetian damask design, outlined by a raised gold tracery, inclosing the soft old olives, dull blues and greens, harmonizing nicely with wood-bronze and oak trimmings. The frieze is of a. soft leather color and scattered over it are architectural design heads. This design consists of garlands festooned from rosettes and knots of ribbon in soft hues and inclosed between gold flutings ; in groups of three rosettes are set between and a mold- ing is set above a row of pearl ornaments in gold. The efl'ect is very beautiful. ‘ 3- _. ___ll-.4 nuit‘ SUI“. .Lllv Guava cu IVAJ u-wâ€"-â€"- The surface of the ceiling is pmelled and divided into squares by beams of carved oak coming from carved oak bracket; supports. lach of these panels is-filled with canvas and treated in solid mat gold. The floor is hard wood and inlaid. Over it are scatter- ed a number of handsome rugs. ""1711; w1;.1 ge library table is of highly polish- ed oak. The low. broad divan and several chairs are of oak and upholstered in hand- some leather. In a. pretty little flat where every inch of space is utilized, one room answers for both library and living room. The library con- sists of a. combination book case and screen. an easy chair and one soraignt backed one for writing. 'V“ _ _-_77 CV This screen is in three parts, the middle section being fitted with shelves for books. Small drop shelves are fastened part, of the way down the sides with panels. There are used to hold a. lamp, vase of flowers and qugint pieces of bric-aâ€"k‘n‘ac. ' L‘ A A_,-- ‘__-1_ A: All day she hurried to_ get through, The same as long of mmmm do ; Sometimes at mghtjxer husb ‘ said : "Ma. ain‘t you gpm to come 0 bed 2" An' b'nen she'd kmder Rive ahitch. An’ pans-3 half way between a stitch. An’ sorter sigh. an‘ say that she “’33 ready as she’d ever be, She reckoned. b T... - l. ,, In the angle formed by the two panels of the screen is a. triangular-shaped shelf which holds an inkstand, penholder, pens and blotter. Above this shelf on either side are fasten- ed two large portfolio envelopes which are made 0 fslout buckmm and covered with pretty Chintz. W'riting-paper, envelopes, stamps, postal cards, newspaper wrappers, c., are kept in these envelopes. . ,,_ _A_J An‘ so the years went, one by one : An' somehow she was never done; An‘ when the angel said. as how “Mis’ Smith. it s time you rested now," She sorter raised her eyes to look A second, as a stitch she took : “All right. : l’m comin now." says she. “I'm ready a; I'll ever 6. I reckon." wv-, “_- ‘V'I . Burlap portieres are very 'handsome and efl'ective. A good quality can he obtained for fifteen cents a. yard. .vh..i1;;;y fiiwnge Kine inches in depth with several rows of drawn work above it. should be dyed a rich red. A 19,- _, __ -_L-_.. Try these. ~v “.I'" _. Chrysanihemums, poppies, tulips, nastur- tiums and orchids are all effective designs for these portiezjes 8an should be painted in ___I._-.. -v. ...._v ..... a',bold conventional manner with palms, ferns or grqsses in the background. LLAL _-L It is said upon good authority that not more than two of the swinging couches of India are in existence in America. One of these is in Chicago and it is a marvel of beauty and general utility. It consists of a wooden divan made of teak wood, richly ‘ carved. It is five by three feet and is covered With a mattress, and over that is thrown a large soft rug of rich hues. An adjustable pillow is placed at either end and each is covered by a small rug. This novel divan is suspended from the ceiling and clears the floor about six inches. The chains by which the divan is suspended are of brass, heavy and very beautiful. Each separate link is of a different size and shape and a dome-like pendant, strung round with tiny musical bells which tinkle with each movement of the couch, is placed about midway of each chain. It is auprising that more Americans do not possess these novel and delightful couches. Certainly nothing could be more truly delightful for an Ori- enml room. A work table, which was an original idea. with its maker and cwuer, will bear descrip- tion and copying. The table foundation was an oblong top piece with a broom- handle tripod, upon which it rested firmly. These can be bought in any furniture store, plain, gilded or white, for fifty or seventy- five cents. Over the top was fitted a flat cover of cream cretonne covered with daisies. A straight piece fourteen inches in depth, sewed to the top piece on every side, was the foundation for a. double row of Shirred on pockets, of the cretonne on three sides. The fourth side had only one deep pocket fo;vl;;ééâ€"§ieces of work. A bow of yellow ribbon finished one cor- net, and to this was attached, by hanging‘ A Hard-Working: HOUSEHOLD. Home-Made Tooth Soap. Interior Novelties. A Pretty Table. narrow ribbons, scissors, emery and needle book. A small cushion for pine stood on the top beside a. little lacquer tray as a. temporary catch-all for odd buttons, spools in use, etc. An advantage of the bag cover was that it was not fastened to the table, but could be taken off, turned inside out, shaken free of dust and restored in a. moment of time and with great ease. J Exxm LIXD CAKEâ€"Two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of milk, three cups of flour. whites of five eggs, three tea.- spoons of baking powder. Bake two-thirds of this in two layers. To the other third add half a. cup of stoned and chopped rais- ins, two tablespoons of molasses, one tea.- spoon of cinnamon, half a. teaspoon of cloves, a little nutmeg. the yolks of two eggs and more flour. Bake in one layer and place between the other two. ICE CREAM CAKE. â€"Two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of milk, two cups of flour, half a. cup of corn starch, whites of four eggs, two teaspoons of baking powder. ICING FOR THE ABOVEâ€"TWO cups of sugar, two tablespoons of cold water, the whites of two eggs. One and a. half tea.- spoons each of rose water and vanilla. Boil the sugar and water until it threads, then add the well-beaten Whites and beat well, adding the flavoring last. v‘vu -. Pl,,,,A CHOCOLATE UREA?! CAKE. â€"Whites of four eggs beaten stifi, one cup of white sugar, half a. cup of butter, half a. cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, cwo teaspoons of baking powder, one teaspoonful of vanilla. Bake in flat pans. lemonâ€"One and a half cups of granulated sugar, half a. cup of sweet milk. Boil five minutes, stirring constantly, then add one teaspoon of‘vanilla. Stir until cool andjthick and spread quickly oncake. Have two squares of Baker’s chocolate melted and pour over the white frosting. ANGEL’S Econâ€"One and a. half cups of pulverized sugar. One cup of flour after sifted. One teaspoon cream of tar- tar. Whites of eleven eggs. Sift the flour and cream of tartar four times, then use one cup after «it is sifted. Beat the eggs stiff, add the sugar, then one teaspoon of rosewater and the flour. Beat lightly but thoroughly. Bake slowly in an ungreased tin for forty minutes. Coxcmzxrxc SALADS. â€"Salads are not as universally appreciated as they used to be. To many the preparing of a salad seems a. laborious task. It is not as much work as it appears to be, as many of the dressings, which are the chief part, can be prepared beforehand. The dressing should not be added to a salad til} just before serving, as it becomes watery if mixed long before being used. This is an excellent way to dispose of remains of fish, vegetables, poul- try and meats of various kinds. CELERY SAL_\D.â€"Separate the stalks of four heads of celery, cut in pieces an inch long and pour over in half a. pint: of mayou. naise dressing. A . P A,,,A-A_I uwcv' w- v~ APPLE SA:.\D.â€"«One quart of steamed apples rubbed through a. sieve, six table- spoons of salad oil or melted butter, salt and pepper to taste, one teaspoon made mustard and one teaspoon of sugar. Serve cold. Lancer: AND HAM SALAD. â€"Chop fine one slice cold boiled ham and cut up one head of lettuae. Serve with the following dress- ing : Mix together thoroughly one-fourth cupful of salad oil or melted butter, one- fourth teaspoon of pepper, one teaspoon of made mustard, one-half cupful of vinegar and salt to season. THIN Commasâ€"One cup of butter, one cup of sugar and three eggs. Beat together to a cream, add flavoring to suit, then just enough flour to roll out very thin. Cut out i with biscuit cutter, and bake in a quick Loven to a. very light brown. Watch them constantly as they burn very easily. OMELET WITH BAKING POWDER. --Beat- in one dish the yolks of half a. dozen eggs and the whites in another dish. Both must be made as light as possible. Sift a. teaspoon- ful of baking powder and a. pinch of salt over the whites then add the yolks, beating as quickly as possible to mix thoroughly: then pour into a. well buttered, very hot frying pan. Cover closely for a moment ; then re- move the cover very carefully,turn the ome- let if necessary, slide it out of the pan upon a. hot plate and serve immediately. It must be of Something that will stand the tramp of many feet in a farm-house. Boys and men, with heavy boots, pass over it many times a. day. Rainy weather makes muddy feet ; and although an attempt at a cleaning may be made with the broom and scraper at the back door (and not always, either), there is still enough adhering to them to leave “ tracks ” on the kitchen floor. LLIVAA- vv .v . v- w. ,7 , A clean floor is a delight to the tidy housewife, and a. .soile'l one an annoyance which must be removed at the first; oppor- tunity. The material of which the floor is made has much to do with the amount, of labour required to keep it clean. 4-4â€" _'â€"_ ._:1‘ luvvun .v -.-._.. -- ‘1 *' L If hard wood is chosen, the tracks will not show so plainly, but the floor is very hard to keep clean. Oak gives good wear, but is apt; to splinter up after a. little while, vexing the soul of he: who wields the mop ‘ ‘ " n ,,,_A. 1-- AH-) rl‘kin VVAAAJ v--' _. _._ over it. An oak floor must be oiled. This I gives it a beautiful finish, bringing out the grain to best advantage. Perhaps the most commonly used of the hard woods, and one which gives the most satisfactory wear, is white ash. It has a very straight grain ; not liable to wear rough, and if care and labour are freely ex- pended upon it, it will be beautifully white and clean. Not a speck of grease must fail upon it, as it is almost impossible to remove it. White ash was the material used in our g'andmothers’ days, when their floors were said to be “ white enough to eat on.” White pine makes a. floor which may bel kept clean and white With soap and water‘; but it does not last very well. The grain ‘ is too open, and it soon wears out. Norway pine is another variety for floor. ing now much used, and it is considerably cheaper than the white pine. If care is used in its selection, using the straight- i grained boards only, it makes a very good ' floor. It may be oiled or left without, If the former, no soap nor hot water must be used in cleaning it. A painted floor is more easily kept clean than any of these, but it must have a. coat of paint every few months. Once a. year is not enoughâ€"it must be Lept well covered. Nothing looks more shabby than ‘a. floor from which half the paint is worn ofi'. leav- Useful Recipes- The Kitchen Floo r. ing a str‘p around the baseboard to show its original color. A pi'ne floor is best if paint be applied. Norway will do, but the best of white or yellow pine is much better. Now as to the paint.“ In color get 1t as near the shade of the “ tracks” as you can, then it. will not so readily show every foot- print. Never choose a. dark color; nothing shows dim and dust worse than a. dark kitchen floor. It is all very well to say, mop the kitchen floor every day, but the fact is the busy house-mothe‘r does not have time to do it, and‘although a. painted floor is easily clean- ed still the space has to be gone over just the same. My experience with painted floors teaches me that a. stone gray or drabâ€"not too dark â€"is most satisfactory from a. keeping clean standpoint. As to the paint, don’t try to mix it at home,unless under the supervision of a. professional painter. Buy that put up by some reliable firm and use it according to directions. It is usually prepared to dry as rapidly as is consistent with its wearing well. If necessary a. woman can paint a floor as well as a man, and as qulckly, too, after a little prapbice. If yhu have a wide brushâ€"three inches is I a good widthâ€"the work can be more easily ‘ because more rapidly done. Keep the paint well stirred up from the bottom, and brush lengthwise of the boards, spreading it well by brushing down evenly. A thin coat is better than a thick one, for the latter will almost certainly peel up after it is used. Don’t expect to cover the old floor entirely with one coat of paint. Let it stand, if possible, until perfectly hard be- fore walking upon it. It should be ready in 24 hours. Saturday night after supper is a good time to paint it. In the morning, if you must use the room while getting breakfast, lay down pieces ot lath and on these strips of _boa.rd where it is necessary to walk. The floor may not be used much on Sunday, and by Monday morning will be hard and nice. lvvvv nvvu. -___-_- ‘ is thus effected a. second set of. feeding rollers carry on the envelope to the inking l rollers, where each letter is stamped smgly, and then passed on to the stacking table. In a. few days wash it well with clear cold water to harden the paint. Then in a couple of weeks give it another coat of paint in the same way. , If the floor is'badly worn three coats are none too many, then you will have a floor that will last until next year without be- coming badly worn.- (I Q“ LL‘â€" If tfieggrle "cracks in the floor fill them with pgpty, {whys-beginning to paint. QBL_-_ ' -vu J 1 " O u a. A gallon of paint will cover a. room fifteen fee: square with three coats, and costs not more than a. dollar anda half. No soap or strong suds should ever be used on a paint. ed floor. ELECTRIC STAMPING MAC HI XES. The electrical stamping machines, which have been adopted in so many post office de- partments, are capable of effectively stamp- ing 30,000 letters in an hour. The 'letters are placed upon their edges in a horizontal hopper, and carried, one at a. time, between two feed rollers. After the first separation -- -.--_- rue , , A register shows the number of envelopes concealed. The date and hour in the die must be changed by hand. The various rollers are run by belts, passing over dlfi'er- ent sized pulleys, which are in turn connect- ed by gearing to the axle of the actuating motor. The telephete, or sea-telegraphing instru- ment, which has been placed at the dis- posal of the United States Government, and the working of which Wlll be shown at the \Vorld’s Fair, is well spoken of by experts who have examined it. The instrument consists of a. series of Wires and electrical connections operated by a; keyboard, by which 106 incandescent lights are controlled and made to produce the signals of the Morse alphabet. The wires number over 5000, and occupy a. space oi only 11 by 12 “A - __.. uvvv, â€"_V_ , inches. The dots of the telegraph quarters are represented by two illuminated lamps, the spaces by twelve unilluminated, and dashes by twelve illuminated lamps. The inventor claims that: 3'2 candle-power lamps can be seen at a distance of ten to fifteen miles. A somewhat original scheme for record~ ing the. supply of current to the customers of central stations has been proposed by Prof. Garnett. The method is based on the Scott meter system. It is proposed to de- vise an automatic control over the central or governing clockwork which would make the duration of the registering gust-s of current dependent upon the station out- put at the time. Thus more or less would be charged at. different times, according to TL :_ -1--_ Ail.-.'- n vv vl-w- , v.. â€"_V a “H - v the load on the station. It is clear that a.‘ meter subjected to this system could not be expected to register Board of Trade units, nor would it afford any fair indication of the energy actually consumed. as any con- sumer, by turning on several lights at once, could alter the price considerably for all his neighbors on the same circuit. - ELECTRICITY IN AGRIC UL? URE. An electrical journal calls attention to the limited extent to which the possibilities of electrical application to agriculture are taken advantage 'of by farmers,and suggests that a series of articles should be written and distributed throughout the agricultural districts of the country showing how easily ‘ and how profitably the electric motor could be applied to homestead and farm work. A bit ofa stream somewhere near (providing it has a fall), with a small turbine and dynamo, should supply, besides lights, the motors for washing, churning, milk separ- ating, cider presses, as well as heat for ironing, baking and other purposes. An equally good suggestion is, that electrical engineers should study house-warming, ‘ pumping and dairy requirements, with a ‘ view to making those arrangements 3 dis- tinct branch of their profession. The ten- dency to specialize is growing every day in the various departments of electrical work, and no branch of electrical work offers just now more promise than its application to agricultural purposes. It has been stated, and the statement is well advised, that, if any electrical house would make for exhibi- tion a thorough and complete homestead installation, where everything was done by electricity from top to bottom, and throw , the same open to the public, it would he not - only a profitable investment for the firm, but would be far more cfiective in educat- NEWS OF ELECTRICITY. TELEG {APIIING AT SEA. NOVEL ELECTRIC METER. ing the general public than any nu :nber of exhibits of single appliances. ~ A VALUABLE ELECTRICAL SAFETY SYSTEM. The application of electricity to safety devices in banks and other buildings has reached a degree of efficiency that is simply marvelous. In a safety deposit vault in Boston the electrical devices employed con. sist of a triplicate system of relays, record- ing instruments, test boards and time stamps” One instrument is placed in the vault itself, another in the superintendent’s office, and the third at the police head- quarters of the city. These three sets of instruments work in unison or independ. ently as necessity demands,and in the latter case the two other sets are quiescent. The doors of the various vaults, stcrerooms street entrances, gratings under the side walk, etc., are all so connected electrically that it is impossible for any person to effect an entrance without giving an alarm, and the movements of every official in the place are recorded, so that every possibility of ; dispute or shirking of responsibility si obviated. To illustrate the wonderful per- fection of this system, the following record for one night between 4 p. m. and 9 a. m. next day is given : “Vaults closed,” “ Door to Milk street closed,” “ President left,” “Mats taken up,” “Door closed,” “Door under reading room closed,” “Carpenter went out,’ “ Armed watchman came on duty,” “Superintendent left,” “ Another armed watchman Went off duty,” “Ice taken in,” “Washwoman came on duty,” “Watch- man came on day duty,” “Night watchman left the office,” “ Door under reading room opened," “ Office boy came on duty,” “Mail taken in,” “ Stenographer came on duty," “ Superintendent came,” “ Vault opened.” “ Door opened for business.” inst Stretches of Grass and Gum Trees on the Journey From Melbourne to Bris- bane. A correspondent of the London Times, writing from Brisbane. says : The first im- pression that is gained of Australia in the long train journey from Melbourne to Brist- bane is one of extraordinary monotony. I am told that this is partly due to the cir- cumstance that the railway line has been laid through a poor belt of country, and partly to the accident of passing the least ‘ interesting portion of the landscape. How- ever it comes about, the efi'ect produced is of a. scarcely broken tract of grass and gum trees. From Melbourne to Sydney, from Sydney to the Queensland border, grass and gum trees stretch on every side. Day after day the eyes open on the same unvaried tints of gray and green; night after night stars shine upon the same spreading masses of foliage grown dusky in the absence of the sun, One acre is like another. one mile is like the last. Hundreds of miles are left behind. and there is nothing to show that the end of the journey is any nearer. The river and forest scenery of Tasmania, with its farms and orchards, its hedgerows of sweetbriar and yellow gorse, and the familiar English aspect of its gardens, fade in the distance like a dream. The tropical vegetation of the north has not yet become a reality. Between the two the immense extent of gum tree stretches indefinitely, blotting out the conception of anything but its own lightly timbered pasture. It has not even the gloom and impressiveness which we associate in England with the name of forest land, for the trees are thinly . scattered, their long leaves hang vertically r I from the branches, and sunlight filtezs ' through with suificient force to promote t-': 6 growth of the tussocked grass beneath. Tle whole w0uld be indescribably common- place, but that the vastness becomes at last by its own force impressive. :- 1 Here, again, you feel, as you feel. in Africa, the immense size of the physical problem. The areas are so wide, the dis- tances to be got over are so great, that even the preliminary network of civilization, which the train you are travelling in and the towns you have stopped at represent, contains subjects for marvel, and thé first sensation of weariness is lost in admiration for the patienee and the energy that have, ,__:I.1 ...... -..J 1'11 uuo ywvtvuv' ...-.... -_“ “I, as is were, lassoed the wilderness and brought its resources Within the limits of the empire. In t_he wood clearings on either LL- _.... Aunt. AF L’IIU \alllllll- an... v.-- side of the train, where the iii-notice of “ring-barking” to kill the trees is in ex- tensive use, there stand patches of timber from which the bark and leaves have drop- ped, and of which the dead white trunks and branches are waiting only to be felled. Sometimes an entire hillside will be white with such a. ghostly forest. The habit is not to fell them at the level of the ground, but at heights varying, according to con- venience, from 1 foot to 2 or 3 above the root. Grass spaces in which the stumps still re- main form a. constant feature of thr land- scape. Standing in uneven rows, or scat- tered, as they often are, in sparse isolation ~through the grass, the stumps have some- ‘A,, -R L-...'k blllUuUu Vlav a......, ..,7 , I. thingoof the limited irregularity of tomb- scones. In certain lights, when the wood grows white as marble and their shadows lengthen over the herbage, it is almost im- possible to Escape from the comparison. Wherever the eye turns it is met by these forerunners of civilized occupation. At first LULUI, HAIAAv-w v- v- . the efi'ect is scarcely less monotonous than that of the living foliage. By degrees the tinge of melancholy which they give to the land- scape comes to have its own significance. These lifeless trees and sylvan graveyards represent nothing less than the death and burial of primeval Australia. The occasional black man of low type, with narrow forehead, thick lips and tufted hair, who presents himself at wayside sta- tions to beg, belongs to their order. He is dying, too, with the virgin woods. The pathos which is inseparable from the pass- ‘ ing away of anything which has existed hangs round them both. Both serve per- petually to remind you that a continent is undergoing one of the great silent crises of history.’ But while they claim the homage of a certain sympathy, the thoughts which be th suggest are of the future rather than the past. The journey brings you face to face With the situation with which young Australia has had to deal. If you had any doubts upon the subject before you started, you do not reach the end without the con- I Iviction that young Australia is infinitely more interesting than anything which it has had occasion to displace. _ The portion of the continent which has fallen to young Australia to develop within the present limits of Queensland is about three times the size of France, and is so dis- tributed in shape that the distance from the capital to the furthest point is not far short of the distance between London AUSTRALIAN MOROTONY- and Gibraltar. With existing means of com- munication, the time which. it takes to go from one to the other is only one day less than the time required for the journey from London to South Africa. There is a. northern and a. central as well as a southern line of rail. but the railways all run paral- lel to each other and at right angles at the coast, carrying each the traffic of the inter- ior to it‘s own port,'with distnmes of sever- al hundred miles between linee There is Eooverland connection, and in orvler to rgach the northern part of the colony it is necessary to take ship at Brisbane and go up the coast by sea. INTERESTING FAOTS ABU‘Ul‘ LON- Its Population, Expenditures Taxable Property, Pampers. Eu. London is so huge and many-sided that it is beyond the comprehension at most of us, and the difficult) of understanding it in many of its aspects is rendered all the greater by the deficiencies in its statistics. The chaos of local government has hitherto prevented anything like a complete repre- sentation of the conditions of its existence ; but since the establishment of the London County Council an attempt has been made to collect and collate the required informa- tion, and present it in some concrete and intelligible form. In the second volume of statistics just issued by that body an enormous amount of material has been gathered together, and, although the infor- mation is not complete, it is in a fair way to become so, and at no distant date it should be possible to compare London with other cities in the various phases of its existence. - u ,. _ Luvau-uv v- "wâ€" -_._ 36 per cent. The number of inhabited houses was 557,134, an increase on 1881, of 68,249. or 13.96 per. gent. .1 , 11-..! -A---_.‘ vn-uwv-v'- The total population of the County of London, April 6, 1891, was 4,231,431, the increase of ten y_e_o.rs being 397,232, or .10.- 41) vv,-..u' ‘- _ .-- ‘ The total expenditure on the local govern- ment. of London in the year 1889,-’90 was £10,726,000, or as much as an Australian colony. This was equal to £2 105. 8d. per head of population, which was met byâ€" Per Hem}. Sundry receipts ................. £0 7 10 Imperial taxation ................. O 5 10 Rates in London .................. 1 16 4 The rates were levied upon a. ratable value of £31,586,000, so that the amount per £1 was63 9d, but the ratepayer only paid 48 10d of this amount. The central rates fall equally upon all the parishes, but the rates for parish purposes are very un- equal, ranging from 3s Sffd down to ls id. UL “Ian, L'uh-n-a _--- 1Included in the“ total“ ratable value of London are the following items : Railways ...................... £1,882,000 Gas and electric light mains ..... 735,000 \Vater mains ................... 446,000 Hydraulic,_telegra.ph, and other {)0 AM 'pipes and wirés ..... Laud............... Total ....................... £3, 102,000 The following is an estimate of London’s contribution to imperial taxation : London .............. £ 9,300,000 â€" 23.45 The rest of England. .. 30,366,000 -â€" 76.55 Total ............. £39,666,000 â€" 100.00 Thus for imperial and local purposes com- bined London pays in taxation approximate- ly £17,000,000. The inland revenue returns show that the total incomes earned in London amount to £123,513,000, so that the burden of taxation amounts to 14 per cent. The balance Of the loans outstanding at the end of 1891 was £47,032,000. Jan. 1, 1891. the paupers numbered 112,- 547, and the cost of pauperism was in 1889 ’90 £2,340,000, the cost of each pauper being,- £21 16s. 1d. 1 £,.‘ $1.11. LVN. _. The number of persons commlttcd for trial during 1889-’90 was 2,906, while 109,- 748 were convicted summarily. The habit- ual ofl’enders known to the police, not com- mitted during the year, numbered 2.392. The total represents a percentage of 2.7 to the whole po ulation. The cost of the police was £1,499,000, or £15 125 9d. per head of the incriminated class. Industrial schools cost £20,652. “ 1‘ , 77.-...1- 3uuutua vvuu wâ€"v,., __ 1n the schools of the metropolis the pupils numbered in 1890-’91 652,35! ; the total cost of the Board schools was £1,960,000, of which £1,272,000 was thrown on local rates. -‘ I - ‘II‘I\I ,4,_ The death rate in London in 1891 was 21.4 per 1000 of the population, which com- pares favorably with other large towns, Liverpool rising as high as '37 per 1,000. ‘l’ __J-_ nnzélunulfi “L'Vlrvv- nfiv‘un _.~ ,,C’ The open spaces in London, without reckoning the disused burial grounds, ex- tend to 5.449 acres. Besides there are open spaces on its borders which bring up the total of parks accessible to Londoners to 22,000 Aacres. 1', SA 1001 _..... ~~ vvv â€"vâ€" v- The fires in the metropolis in 1891 num- bered 2,892. of which 193 were serious. The lives lost. numbered 61, 31 of these having been taken out alive. The total cost of the brigade was £120,723, or 6;"; pence per head of the population. The fire insurance com- panies contributed £27,196. Property was insured for no less a sum than £806,000,000. Sir Robert Ball is reported to have said in his lecture on the moon that the geography of our satellite was better known even than that of the earth. There was no single spot on the moon the size of an ordinary parish in England that had not been fully photo- graphed” and observed. Of course, this re- mark can only relate to the side of the moon which is always turned toward us. Nearly Iv Anny- .. .__V one-half of her surface has never been seen by mortal eye, and never will be unless the lunar globe should be tilted by collision with a. comet or some such erratic body. Other- wise it is a. fact that photography has done more for the earth’s attendant than for the earth itself. It is analogous to the further fact that the only things which man can predict with certainty are not those that happen on the sphere he inhabits, put the movements of worlds immensely distant. A novel way of illuminating a. tunnel has been devised in Paris. Reflectors throw the. light from many electric lamps 16 feet above the rails to the sides of the tunnel, where it is ggain reflect-eci by burnished tin, a. soft and agreeable light. The train; automatically turn the currents on arm 03' L9 entering and leaving the tumml. Geography of the Moon. 23,000 Per cl.