The free library of San Francisco,
started two years ago, now contains ver
30,500 volumes, and its readers in July
averaged nearly 1.100 a dav.
A willow tree in Bristol, N. H.,
measures 22 feet 8 inches in circnni
frence one foot from the ground and is
13 feet 3 inches nine feet from the
ground
Herr Krupp, the great Gerni&n gnu-
maker, is so much pressed with orders
that he has engaged 8.0(H) more work
men, muking the total force of workmen
13,000.
In all mines in Great Britain there
are, it is estimated, 378,151 persons em
ployed, ami the length of underground
tunnelling in which they work is 58,-
744 miles.
Lady Borthwick apivored at a re
cent London dance attired as a Dresden
china figure. The costume was a ier
fect imitation both as regards design
and coloring.
Scotland derives a million and a
half of dollars per annum as rental for
sporting grounds. The Duke of West
minster pays ten thousand dollars fo
one tract
The nnmlier of new houses bnill in
London during 1879 was 21,589, and 401
new streets were opened. Street acci
dents resulted in death to 124 persons,
and in lesser injuries to 2,950.
Railroad travellintr is not verv iipn-
gerous after alL Out of one hundred
and thirty-nine millions of passengers
on French railroads last year onlv twen
ty were killed by accident
There are 45.000 persons eDiru-.s!
in the manufacture of pottery in Eng
land and Wales, The death rate among
the males is 38 per cent higher than
among the male element at large.
