The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-02-08

growth of correspondence has been as
| follows:
| IN MILLIONS OF LETTERS.
| 1860 1866. 1870. 1876
| England ...... -. .564 100 $40 LOO
| France ...... -. 1868 3'3 800 366
Germany $500. .....l95 10 oo2 o45
Austria 49,. ......l 05 100 269 1876
Belglnm "a "a b4 bS
| Switzerland % 3S IS 10
| According to the Austrian statistical
department, the European countries
possessed together in 1875 some 40. 82l
postoffices, and handled 1929, 900, 900
of letters and postal cards, and 49,
100000 of newspapers and samples.
Adding to the letters the American
correspondence in the same year, 7v5,-
100000; British India, 100000, 900;
Australia, Al ,008, 900; Canada, "a, O00.-
| 90; Brazil, $4,000, 600, and other coun-
tries it will be found that some $780,
| 000.OO0 of letters handled in non-Eu-
Iopean countries may safely be added
to the 1922 100000 mentioned above,
constituting total Of something like
| 1900, 0O0, 900 of letters which the post
Offices of the world have distributed
in a single year, equal to 100000
daily, or Az, 600 hourly, night and day.
Pro rata of the population the number
of letters handled in Europe has been
as follows: England, S.; Switzerland,
q; Germany, Is; Holland, Is; Luxem-
burg, IA; Belgium, Is; Denmark, Il;
Austria, IL, France, 10; Norway, g.;
Sweden, @; Spain, 5; Italy, S; Hun
|; and Turkey 4. European average,
10 letters a year. No statistics were re-
ceived from Portugal and Servia. From
this it will be seen that the great in
dustrial nations stand at the head OF
| the list, while the more purely agri-
cultural ones are below the average.
The introduction of postal cards has
undoubtedly aided greatly toward
stimulating correspondence. The ac-
cession Of France to the postal union
last year will form another element of
Importance. The high internal post
age stiilin force in France is no doubt
the principal cause why we are tagging
| behind, Notwithstanding our resources
and education.
Discussion has already arisen as to
the number of converts made at the
Moody and Sankey meetings. Some
reports range as high as 5000. The
Standard, the Baptist organ Of Chicago,
does not think that over 1000 have
been converted. Other good authori.
ties place the figure even lower. This
sort of evangelical arithmetic is both
confusing and pernicions. The people
who are in the habit of counting con.
verts as they count a newly purchased
drove of oxen, or flock Of sheep, gen
orally make sorry blunders. The sort
of converts that can be counted as soon
as made is not always to be found when
the next count is to be figured up
There are some so-called cases Of con.
version which spring into life as
Jonah's gourd sprang, and which
wither and die just as suddenly. Some
of the people who are truly changed
from the errors Of their previous ways
are those who make the least noise
about it.
/ Rice Mullins teacupful of
boiled rice a quarter pound Of butter
half teacup OF sugar /; one quart OF
i sweet milk half a teacup of yeast
one teaspoonful of salt; add flour
enough to make thin batter mix the
Ingredients thoroughly, Except the
-four j then stir in the -four. Let this
rise over night. In the morning bake
in muffin rings.
Rye Mullins. cups Of rye meal,
one cup Of flour half a cup or molas.
ses half cup Of yeast water to
make a soft batter. Set to rise at
night. In the morning, dissolve half
a teaspoonfnl of soda in little water
stir it into the batter put the cakes
in small pans or muffin-rings. Let
them stand fifteen or twenty minutes
before baking.
| Mistre5s-s.You're going to your
brothers wedding to-day, aren't you,
| Martha!' Martha-Ies. 'em, and was
goin' to ask you. IN, ifYer see
| we're much 81 the same eighth, an
figure, and complication, and style,
they If yer could lend me
! . gown ter 80 inr'-Fun-