"Takie the lace eyes of shoes, for in
stance. The average person never
gives them a thought. but .ey are in
diss.nsalde to ou' footwear and there
are factories that devott betmselves
exclusively to making them. Did you
ever stop to think how many of those
little things are used every year?
'"On the bast. o the popul'on of
the United States cing 8 this000 'h
country uses more than 2.00(_(sit0,000
of lace eyes and hooks a :ear. Every
man, woman and child winl wear out
on an average two pairs of shbes in 12
months. The majority of peor
two feet and there are 20 eyes and
hooks in each shoe. Use your arith
metic and see what the total is. It
foots up 2,000,000 more than 3,0000, tt
000."
Rabbits in Australia.
The i st spell of heat cleared off a
multitude of rabbits directly around l
Broken bill, and although there are still
many about, they are not nearly so 1
plentiful as a few weeks ago. However, I
apparently there has been no diminu- I
:ion on the holdings a few miles from
Broken Hill. At one well-known sta- 4
-ion the lessee has been trapping the
rabbits at the tank when they come to
irink. In this way no fewer than 35,- f
;O0 rabbits have been exterminated at
one tank in a fortnight. A cartload
ontaining 700 rabbits was put on the
cales and weighed a ton.-Meibcurxe
.rgus. c
Investigation of the FackerT.
