sts or
monopolies are opposed. Take, for instance, the supply of London with
good water, which the most utter dunderhead must admit to be most
desirable; yet the influence of vested interests is so strong that its
two millions of inhabitants seem destined to be poisoned for centuries,
and the lanes and courts will, in all probability, continue as arid as
the desert during the same period.--London, look at New York and blush!]

[Footnote CO: While on the subject of eggs, I would ask my reader, did
you ever, while eating the said article, find your patience sorely tried
as each mouthful was being taken from its shell, and dipped carefully
into the salt? If you have ever felt the inconvenience of this tedious
process, let me suggest to you a simple remedy. After opening the egg,
and taking out one spoonful, put in enough salt for the whole, and then
on the top thereof pour a few drops of water; the saline liquid will
pervade the whole nutritious substance, and thus render unnecessary
those annoying transits above named, which make an egg as great a
nuisance at the breakfast-table as a bore in society. Who first took out
a patent for this dodge I cannot say, but I suppose it must have been a
New Englander.]

NOTES.

NOTE I.

_Extent of Telegraph in the United Kingdom._

Miles. Miles of Wire.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
5,070 Under ground 5,000
Above ground 20,700

MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
1,740 Under ground 6,180
Above ground 4,076

SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
400 Under ground 2,740
Above ground --

BRITISH TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
1,000[CP] Under ground 2,755
Above ground 3,218

IRISH TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
88 Under ground 176
Above ground --
---- ----
Total 8,298 Total 44,845

Of the foregoing, 534 miles are submarine, employing 1100 miles of wire.
The cost of putting up a telegra