. The Decorator's assistant. d^ thatcertain accomplishments are taught in somany lessons; but ease and rapidity begetover-confidence, and the manner in whichsuch dexterity is acquired habituates the mindto be contented with first thoughts. A schoolto teach design will only lead to a fatal facility,or that certain knack which Curll laid claimto in common with Pope. Demand for Labour in Australia.—Therate of wages paid in April last, was—Blacksmiths, 30s. to 35s. weekly; carpenters, 6s. to6s. 6d. per day ; bricklayers. 6s. to 6s. 6d. perday; masons, 6s. to 7s. per day; labourers,15s. to 25s. per
. The Decorator's assistant. d^ thatcertain accomplishments are taught in somany lessons; but ease and rapidity begetover-confidence, and the manner in whichsuch dexterity is acquired habituates the mindto be contented with first thoughts. A schoolto teach design will only lead to a fatal facility,or that certain knack which Curll laid claimto in common with Pope. Demand for Labour in Australia.—Therate of wages paid in April last, was—Blacksmiths, 30s. to 35s. weekly; carpenters, 6s. to6s. 6d. per day ; bricklayers. 6s. to 6s. 6d. perday; masons, 6s. to 7s. per day; labourers,15s. to 25s. per week. Most of the trades, it issaid, can find good employment at the pricesfixed. Leaden Cisterns.—There is less danger indrinking water when kept in leaden tanks,than when it has passed ihrough pipes, becausethe gases which usually form the most solublecorrosive matter are confined within the pipe,whereas, in open cisterns the gas is more liableto escape.—Correspondent of the ^Builder. THE decorators ASSISTANT. 149. A DESIGN FOR AN HALL CHAIR. Mtnmxatim ai Stiperftas. {Continued from page 139.) PROBLEM IV. Any two sides of a right-angled triangle beinggiven, to find the third side. 1. When the base and perpendicular aregiven, to find the hypotenuse. Add the square of one of the legs to thesquare of the other, and the square root of thesum will be equal to the hypotenuse. 2. When the hypotenuse and one of thesides are given, to find the remaining one. Subtract the square of the given side fromthe square of the hypotenuse, and the squareroot of the remainder will be equal to the otherside. Example 1.—The height of a tower, standingclose by the edge of a ditch, is 54 ft., and the
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