LihcoliK. ~-The monthly meeting of the District School Committee was held on Mon day evening last. Present—Meeers. Herrick (ohairman), Taylor, Wille, Doherty, and Eay. A. P. O'Galleghan. The following oorres pondenee was read:—(l) From the Secretary to the Board of Education—(a) Salaries for August and scholarship expenses ; (b) En closing report of School Inspector upon recent annual examination. (2) From tho head teacher—(a) Monthly report of the school attendant; (b) containing remarks upon re sult of recent examination, and suggestions therewith; (o) applying for holiday for school for week ending September 17th. (S) From the secretary to the Lincoln Cricket Club, asking for the use of the sohoolroomfor a concert and dance on Friday, 17th inst. The committee considered tho Inspector's report satisfactory. The following resolutions were agreed to:—" That prizes be given to all those children who passed the annual exami nation, and especial notice be taken of those who passed most satisfactorily." "That the sohool be closed for a holiday from 10th to 20fch icst." "That the application of tha Lincoln Cricket Club for tho use of the Bchooroom for a concert be granted upon the ueual conditions." " That an application be made to the Board of Education for additional gymnastic appa ratus." Accounts to the amount of £10 19a 6d were paused for payment. Nbw Uses fob Papkb.—The German paper-makers have found another use for paper. They manufacture etoves of that material, in which the fire blazes cheerfully without inflicting the slightest damage to the paper that encases it. Paper blankets are made that are as warm as their woollen proto types, and very munh cheaper, but, of course, not durable. They aro peculiarly adapted to the use.of hospitals in regions smitten with infectious diseases, because of the facility with which they can be destroyed, and thes avoid the spread of contagion. Poor people, entrusted with the task of destroying in fected bedclothing, prefer to preserve them by washing, and thus propagate disease. Pasteboard shutters, in imitation of wood, are another novelty. The varied uses to which paper is now applied, from car wheels to water buckets and flour barrels, may account, in a measure, for the advance in price that presses so hard upon newspaper publishers. 