Good Substitute For Lath

Wire uotting for plasteriug is beiijg apidly introduced to take tho place of ath. Ifc takes less labor to place on tho walls, is more coiitinuous, aud will not juru. Coarse netting with one inch mesh, and mado of strong" wire, is found . ujsiïer bost. For ornamental cortiica vors ii o ,.r..;.iiy „ .ï.M ...= ;t „,.,, je bent into any desired form. Sucured .o iron studding in a briok building, our jreatest dauger ou account of fire would je removed. A still further application of this plan is to make round bagsof wiro resembling barrels, and coat the inside and out with cement. When it lardens they reseinbie étoaa barrels. yilled with band and sunk iu rows and masses, they make excellent building material for break-waters. Another extensión of the idea has been tried with success in England. It consista of inaking iron framed buildings, covering thera with wire netting and spreadiug concrete on both sides It is olaimed that a houso - walls, roofs, doors, partitiona and all - has been built that is strong firin and absolutely incoicbuatible. Various applications of tho use of wire nettiug, and piaster or cement, readily suggest themselve3, and the matter is worthy of tha atteation of mechanics and buiiders.