THE MONITEUR VINICOLE has recently published a statement showing the wine production of the various countries of the world. From this statement it appears the yield in France amounted in the years 1895 and 1894 to 587,127,000 gallons and 859,162,000 gallons respectively; in Algeria to 83,549,000 and 80,124,000 gallons; Tunis, 3,956,000 and 3,936,000: Italy, 469,555,000 and 539,000,000; Spain 379,500,000 and 528,000,000; Portugal, 43,890,000 and 33,000,000; Azores, Canaries, and Madeira, 4,620,000 and 2,640,000; Austria, 66,000,000 and 88,000,000; Hungary, 63,030,000 and 46,103,000; and Germany, 80,190,000 and 110,000,000 gallons. In Turkey and Cyprus the production last year amounted to 52,800,000 gallons, and this compares with an average yield of 40,000,000 gallons. In Bulgaria the yield was 26,400,000 gallons; Servia, 17,600,000; Greece, 35,200,000; Roumania, 68,640,000; Switzerland, 27,500,000; the United States, 89,700,000; Mexico, 1,980,000; Argentine Republic, 29,700,000; Chile, 33,000,000, Brazil, 7,700,000; Cape of Good Hope, 2,420,000; Persia, 594,000; and Australia, 3,300,000 gallons. THE Historical Museum of Hesse Cassel, in Germany, says the Carpenter and Builder, contains a most remarkable collection of curiosities. It is in the form of a wooden library, composed of five hundred and forty volumes of folio and quarto sizes. The books are made of the different specimens of trees found in the famous park of Wilhelmshoehe. On the back of each of these singular books is pasted a large shield of red morocco, which bears the popular and scientific names of the tree and the family to which it belongs. Each label is inlaid with some of the bark of the tree, the moss and lichen, and a drop or two of the resin, if the tree produces it. The upper edge of the book shows the tree in its youth, cut from a horizontal section, with the sap in the center and the eccentric circles. The same method prevails with the lower edge, showing the changes that have taken place. The interior of the book, in the shape of a box, contains in manuscript the history of the tree, with numerous hints as to its treatment, capsules filled with seeds, buds, roots, leaves, and so on. The inner sides show the diverse transformations which take place from bloom to fruit. * * * * * SELECTED FORMULÆ. AMBROSIA SIRUP.-- Raspberry sirup..................... 8 vol. Vanilla sirup....................... 8 " Hock wine........................... 1 " AMYCOSE.-- Shaved ice.......................... ½ tumblerful. Raspberry juice..................... 1 fl. oz. Orange sirup........................ 2 " Juice of half an orange. Shake well, add soda water, and before serving add a small, thin slice of orange or pineapple. Serve with two straws in a 14 oz. tumbler. BANANA SIRUP.--