ll into one of the vats of
pulp. The workmen were astonished when they saw the
peculiar color of the paper, while Mr. East was highly
incensed over what he considered a grave pecuniary loss. His
wife was so much frightened that she did not confess her
agency in the matter.

After storing the damaged paper for four years, Mr. East
sent it to his agent in London, with the instruction to sell
it for what it would bring. The paper was accepted as an
attractive novelty, and was disposed of at quite an advance
over the market price.

Mr. East was astonished at receiving an order for another
large invoice of the paper. He was without the secret, and
found himself in a dilemma. Upon mentioning it to his wife,
she told him about the accident. He kept the secret, and the
demand for the novel tint far exceeded his ability to supply
the article.

A Brighton stationer took a fancy for dressing his show
window with piles of writing-paper, rising gradually from
the largest to the smallest size in use; and to finish his
pyramids off nicely he cut cards to bring them to a point.

Taking these cards for diminutive note-paper, lady customers
were continually wanting some of "that lovely little paper,"
and the stationer found it advantageous to cut paper to the
desired pattern.

As there was no space for addressing the notelets after they
were folded, he, after much thought, invented the envelope,
which he cut by the aid of metal plates made for the
purpose.

The sale increased so rapidly that he was unable to produce
the envelopes fast enough, so he commissioned a dozen houses
to make them for him, and thus set going an important branch
of the manufacturing stationery trade.

Asphalt as a Street Pavement.

All forms of bituminous pavements, whether manufactured from
natural or artificial asphalt, are, in fact, artificial
stone pavements. The industry started with the use of the
natural rock asphalt from the mines in the Val de Travers,
Canton Neuchatel, Switzerland.

The mines were discovered in 1721, but it was in 1849 that
the utility of their product as a road covering was first
noticed. The rock was then being mined for the purpose of
extracting the bitumen contained in it for its use in
medicine and the arts. It is a limestone, impregnated with