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Show Employment for the Destitute. S When tho first public building vva3 E opened In tho city of Now York for mB the caro of tho needy and destltuto fH poisons, tho fear was expressed by taflj tho commlteo In chargo that If thoy H had no work to do "they might cat H fio bread of Idlenows." Accordingly B an appropriation was mado for secur- B Ing Bplnning whoels, knitting ncodlos, S flax, Junk, wool and cotton. With lj theso tho Inmates woro expected to in thorrselvos solf-supportlng, but S thero Is no record of a municipal sur- jH plus from this source. -. fW Efficiency of Qai Enjjlnes. ' M That tho gas onglno, largo or small 'vm Is developed to an efficiency at which sB It can rival tho steam onglno In rolla- &. fll "Jlllty Is now admitted. "?'.? 1 H |