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deep, but here in the street it has all been
cleared away as fast as 1t fell. and you can
keep as dry feet as on a ballroom floor A
sky Of deep Italian azure is over the scene;
the sun is so warm and genial that the la
dies all carry sun-shades to shelter them
selves from its feryent rays; you actually
feel the ''warmth of the cold" as some one
has expressed it.; the thermometer is below
freezng-pOint, but you would never suspect
1t; the musicians, who are sitting there in
the open air OIL the terrace. playing Strauss
and Wagner, are evidently anything but
cold; the guests sitting at the tables over
their coffee or beer don't seem to dream it is
winter; the men off on the pond there yon-
Ger, who have taken off their coats and are
skating in their shirt-sIeeves, evidently inl-
eglq9e that old Sol is shining down upon them
WIN dog-day feryor. Nobody thinks it is
eqlq' ana yet is January. and yuu are away
h'gh " IN the Alps. Now, Miss MeFlim-
y, what have you to say about that?
oi, mere is another picture. If you require
1urther evidence. 1t is race week, and the
St. Moritz grand national tobogganing
match is to come Off The club at st. Moritz
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The Roman artists appreciated the tint
ings as we'll as the texture of metals. Pliny
describes bronze statue of diving lady,
the coloring of which was so delicately ac-
centuated that the life appeared to be re-
ceding from the eXtremities of the limbs.
Another metal statue mentioned by this
writer was that of lady whom the artist
endowed with blush suffusing the cheeks,
result obtained by inserting points of iron
the iron giving the rudy tint to the feat
ures. Taste of to-day may be inclined to
question whether an effort should be made
to impart color-natural though it be-to
large works, which should mainly depend
on beauty of form. Mr.. Ruskiu writes:
mo great sculptor from the beginning of
art to the END OF it ever cary, d or ever will
deception drapery. A man who will carve
limb or face never finishes inferior parts
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IN addition to about 95 per cent of copper,
there is as much ar per cent of gold. Cow
Ianu, an eminent authority on japanese
metal work, says that shaku-do has never
peen used for very large works. 1t has been
enormously stated that colossal Statue
cast at Nara in the seventh century is made
OF IL; but 1t has only about per cent of the
precious metal. The next Important Japan
esque alley is 'Shibu-ichi"; this is nearly
on--half silver and gold. There are many
varieties of If, but in both allows the point
OF interest is that the precious metals are,
as II were. sacrificed in order to produce
uennlte results, gold and silver. when used
pure, being employed very sparingly to
ueighten The general effect. In the case of
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shaku-d0 the gold lends the metal a rich
beautiful purple coat. or patina, when treated
with certain picking solutions, while shibu-
ichl possesses a peculiar silver-gray tint Of
its own, Which under ordinary atmospheric
influences becomes very beautiful, and to
winch the Japanese artists are very partial.
with regard to the use of pick
ing solutions, the first is composed
Oh Verdigris. Sulphate of copper, inter,
common salt, sulphur, water, vinegar
Ihere are three of these with varying pro-
portions. The first solution is most widely
employed, and when boiled in the third, will
TURN brownish red, while the shaku-do,
%hlch contains bulk gold, becomes purple.
Me'alllc impurities make curious effects;
COPPER containing traces of anthony gives
n shade quite different from pure copper.
Inc so-called antimOny, or shir0-me of the
Japanese art metal-workers, in some alloys
IS complex mixture containing copper,
lead, arsenic and anthony, so that metal
worker has an almost infinite series at COM
mand with which to secure any particular
SHADE. The Japanese take copper and di-
lule II, sometimes hale copper and half or
one-thlrd silver, and obtain series of gray
atloys which. by exposure to atmospheric
influences, or treatment of Suitab lie PICK les,
give beautiful light and dark grays, which
are so popular in Japan as 'Shihu-chi. >
working IN no small measure by the rule of
thumb, the Japanese find that certain yari-
cues OF COPPER are best suited for definite
~, P"oSo, dHI ny uSllR very pure copper
and varying mode of picking obtain wide
range of color"
10 leave the field of chemical analysis we
may observe the results of its working in
the wonderful bronZes of the Japanese that
until recently have not been successfully
duplicated elsewhere. a triumph that is to be
credited to an American. Figure is SIM
pie form on light brown bronze plate. The
artist has cut the design on the plate and in
lad 1t with shaku-do, and it comes out as an
lndia-lnk painting, in dark and COMPARE
llveiy light shade. on a piece of glazed
brown paper. There is no attempt to pro-
duce an effect by raised surface. but the de-
sign is completed by an inlay of dark shaku-
do on lighter one on bronze base. The
second figure illustrates q larger plate aud
a more complex system of alloys. The
plain surface has raised ornament. The
outline of the leaf is scooped out, undercut
to certain extent making the leaf to be in
serted of particular alloy, it may be shaku-
do tipped with gold, the surface being
roughened and the gold hammered on MS
dentist would, then the entire design fitted
in like puzzle. The result is picture
built up gradually of alloys colored by tile
action of pickle. Here is a leaf not really
raised but sunk below the surface of the
plate, the only relief it possesses being OBJ
tanned by hammering gold over it. Here
is shibu-ichi leaf, half OF which is red su-
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MizlI- Ma ASH Eass.

but either with hasty or a scornful chisel,
or with such grace and strict selection of
their lines as you know at once to be Inn
aginative, not initiative"
Ghiberti's famous gate of the Baptistry
at Florence does no more than suggest the
actual texture OF the fruit and flowers he
employs with such skill. chiefly blending
them for beauty of form. The niello or incrus-
tations of gold aud silver with which Greek
and Roman sculptors enriched the garments
OF their figures are not considered in the art
metal work of to-day, but the exact imita-
ton OF material surfaces of wood or fabric
In articles of vertu. The japanese are the
real authorities to whom we must turn for
guidance In the treatment of alloys, both in
texture and color. First. as regards texture,
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PRETTY ART In
BEATEN METAL.
Delicate fintngS That Are Produced by
a Number Of Alloys.
Japanese as Masters of the Art Of Working
Fancy hetals-An American Who Has
Patterned After Them.
Comparatively few metals are used in

Comparatively few metals are used in
their pure state-iron, copper. lead, platl-
mum and aluminium being exceptions to the
general rule. Metals are more frequently
used in the form of alloys for technical
purposes, as almost every industrial appllea-
ton necessitates special qualities that may
not appear in any individual metal, but
which may be obtained by mixture of two
or more substances. Gold and silver in
primal purity are too soft and flexible for
the vast majority of purposes in which they
are employed, and are, consequently, hard
ened by the addition of tenth part of cop
per, which will not materially impair their
valuable qualities or change their color.
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ayeddy- HTnks Tennis.

ing to the number shown upon the dial,
which is spun around once for every player.
About every sixth square on the trail is
marked with some direction, and the latter
must be obeyed by any scout whose num-
Der lands him ON that spot.
BUFFALO BILL ON THE TRAIL
For instance, one of the first.commands is
Join Buffalo Bill" The counterfeit pre-
sentiment of the scout referred to is away
ahead on the trail, and the lucky player is
Immediately transported there. At his next
spin of the disk he continues on the trail
trail, however. the directions encountered
send the player back instead of forward,
and one who was wthina rifle range of the
Black Hills may. by an unlucky spin, BIZ
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What Represented Peoples ideas Of
Alpine Cold Years Ag0.
kPICTURE OF The COUNTRY TODAY.
The 81. M0Tit Grand National TO6Oganling.
Lawn Tennis Played 5000 Feet Above
The Sea L4VGl-TlH Kodak Man and the
Artist Taxing Views Of Winter Scenery
The Man in The Observatory and His wit.
Special 10 THE SUNDAY CALL

ZURICH, Jan. H. 1891. - Among the
many popular decisions existing among our
grandparents, and which modern travel
and experience have served to dissipate, is
the old deep-rooted notion that Switzerland
is a country oaly to be visited and ad-
mired in summertime. "WhatW exclaimed
the tourist of a century ago; "What! 60 to
The Alps in January-be frozen up-live on
cheese and goat milk! Stop in a log hut
with peasants until the spring sun thaws
you outi Preposterousp' Yet our re-
spected ancestor was mistaken, the dear,
The morning call., 1891-02-15
Jungle Fever Remedy

got over my attack, but it was marvel
that did. One morning my doctor bled me
till there was scarcely a drop of blood in
my body; he then gave me forty grains of
caiOmel and in the eveniug-as the fever
was still raging-he ordered me to be taken
out to the yard of my quarters, laid en- a
bare rattan couch and buckets of cold water
thrown over me for about twenty minutes.
was then put back to bed and, fortunately,
fell asleep for several hours. After some
weeks on the sick list / was able to return
to my post at Kornegalie.-Fif Years in
Ceyl0n-Skinner.
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few months ago an article of some
length appeared in these columns, says the
Chicago Inter-Ocean, devoted to the new
local industry of bronze casting for monu-
mental purposes, and it seems appropriate
that it might be supplemented by some
thing treating of even a finer grade Of art
metal work. The general tendency OF the
day is to think more Of fern in metal work
than either color or texture. st. Gregory
of Nyssa said: How beautiful are the
limitations of beautiful things. when they
preserve visibly the impress of the proto-
type" a sentiment that furnished the in
SEPARATION for an admirable lecture given
before the London Society of Arts by Pro-
fessor w. c. Roberts Austin, B., +. RS.
from which were derived the facts for this
article
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n Banded Bead.

they seem to delight in copying in metal
work the most delicate texture; even the
bloom OF the fruit is not beyond their skill.
There is wide range OF alloys, but the
principal OF them are but few. There is an
alloy Of silver and copper, sometimes with
equal proportions of base metal, and there
are endless varieties Of copper of different
degrees Of. purity. There are several kinds
Of brass; and series In which the precious
metal replaces the tin and zinc Of ordinary
bronze.
The first is shaku-do this contains copper,
silver, gold, lead, traces of iron and arsenic) |;
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Recently there were 700 cases of t..r,o,i
fever at Duluth. and four CANDLES of water
were sent 10 university professor for
auais5 from one sample drop of water
vas placed in beef tea, heated to a temporal
tnre of the human body and time was given
the fever germs to grow. A small quantity
was then injected into two rats, and both
died in short time. Further experiments
and analysis are in progress, but the un-
healthy state OF the water of that city is
conciusively proven.
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Blossoms.

Blossoms.
No. 81. CROSSWORD.
In sin and shame but not In crime
IL the bright sun till end of time.
In comets, too, though not IN star,
Also in clouds when near or far
In every easy part they play,
Seen on the stage by night or day,
Where thoughin speech I've nought to say
From that above some letters take.
One from each line-a word TO make.
If rightly iormd you have in view
What all so oft in vain pursue.
San Francisco. SCOTT.
No. 90. ENIGMA.
come where flowers lift their crowns,
And on eternal fields OF snow.
In hamlet, vale and thriving towns,
And where the scented south winds blow.
Where sheds the sun his brightest smiles
Icomc upon the stormy main,
linger DER its tropic isles,
And traverse every desert plain.
At christening T. the altar and the tomb
With happy hearts and souls o'erborne by care
And with the criminal who waits his doom,
Aud to the rich and poor alike appear.
awake the blush on maIden's cheek
With tale that am bound TO bear,
Aud yet tits LOB by words speak,
For am tree but once Year.
Son Francisco. E L. B.
No 80. TRANSPORTATION.
II a fish and fly you transpose,
III be bound
You'll be found
How you'll like to appear in your Sunday clothes
Oakland, Cal STONE CUTTER.
No. "a SQUARE.
I'M arinc maps. 2-An epoch among the Mo-
hammedans. 3-lnilammaIiOn round nail. A.
The name of famous bridge at Venice. ga
marine demrgod. 6-Apai tments for The recep-
tion OF company. BELLE VERNON.
San Francisco.
Petals in three weeks.
Stray Leaves.
We have dispensed with Petals this week to
give space TO P.'s acrostic. Can our friends send
us bright, appropriate poems every week TO grace
this column? =. has led this custom, let others
follow. E. L. g. has our thanks for her cons -.
Scott sends another of his bright puzzles.
Stone Gutter Is welcome -. Our friends were
mistaken in sending US their Word-hunt on Patti
Rosa. 1t should have been sent 10 the actress
on last Saturday afternoon in competition for
her generous prize. we hope Il fell TO the lot OF
Ac0rns friends 10 receive 1t -. Thedom, a puzzle
paper published 10y B. P. Emery, Newburg, N. Y,
has reached our sanctum. A very efedilable
Issue indeed. II the puzzlers desire puzzle liter
AZURE, send postal TO tn editor above address
and he Will forward copy....As Mckinley has
not placed lax on spring poetry, We trust our
article. KERNEL.
The morning call., 1891-02-15

There Is n notable change In star brooches.
Some of the latest seen have the points on
either side extending about one-eighth of an
inch beyond the other points,
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ACORNS.
An AcrOstic.

May eneroach little on your time
Or attempt to show an acrOstical rhyme;
Reading your paper, A corns and all,
Nerved me TO contribute TO THE CALL.
have but little education. as you see
No one 10 assist dictate to me;
Getting little time now and then,
Certainly feel like trying my pen.
And If you feel like giving this place,
Let me thank you with modest grace,
Long may you live for good Of the human race !
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A charming piece of originality, made to
do service as brooch, represents a plank
with tiny chicken at each end, enjoying
apparently, game of sea-saw.
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a scarf-pln top of a singular character
represents the head and shoulders of a
female figure, with the face half hidden by a
pink mask, through which peep two diamond
eyes.
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An elaborate specimen of watch-case Or
namentation shows a diamond butterfly in
a wreath OF sunfowers aud daisies executed
in coloIed stones.
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A new scarf-pin with promising pros
poets IS a gold cornucopla overlooking with
brightly colored flowers in enamels.
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Sidecomb headings comprise in their num-
Der one Of enameled ivy leaves, each leaf
being ornamented with small diamond.
The morning call., 1891-02-15

A bracelet formed of squares pierced in
Louis XIV style and set at stated intervals
with rubies, IS one OF the choicest seen in
many day.
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Effective in its simplicity is a brooch fash
Toned by ribbon OF gold into pretty
rosette, with a diamond in the center.
The morning call., 1891-02-15

A ring novelty lately introduced has a
sapphire above diamond in diagonal set
ting, flanked on each side by delicate c
scroll.
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Card cases of lizard skin, to be stylish,
must be ornamented with the owners mono
gram or crest in pearls or diamonds.
The morning call., 1891-02-15

One of the newest styles In link cuff
buttons consists of white agate dumb bell
linked by small chain to a golden club.
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Another miniature brooch OF an attractive
order is set within ribbon border, which
is knotted at intervals
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A lace-pin to be admired is gold Tyre in
the center Of a wreath of enameed flowers.
The morning call., 1891-02-15

In diamond jewelry a candidate for hon
ors Is brooch formed Of two pigeons with
their beaks clinched.
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A diamond horseshoe pin is enriched with a
gold ribbon tied in the center into a small
lovers knot.
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Miniature brooches encircled by frames
composed Of enameted pansies, are rich
looking.
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Two bands, one of PLATINUM and the
other of gold, are entwined and make a
much admired ring
The morning call., 1891-02-15

A unique idea in brooches is diamond
crescent, with gold Diana swinging in the
center.
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Flexible gothic bracelets are product ion
that first saw light in the gay capital.
The morning call., 1891-02-15

quaint fancy in queen chain pendants
recently imported is a reduced copy in
enamel OF a pomegranate.
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OF recent birth is queen chain pendant
consisting of a beaten gold almond with the
kernel exposed.
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A bracelet much affected consists of deli
cate gold loops held together by clusters OF
The morning call., 1891-02-15

The engagement bangle, with gold
heart paddock center, finds favor among ro-
mantle lovers.
The morning call., 1891-02-15

Popular taste inciines toward scarf-pins
with moonstone trefOiS.
The morning call., 1891-02-15

Sterling silver photo frames In renais-
sance style continue to create favor.
The morning call., 1891-02-15
GOLD, SILVER AND GEMS.
Some Of The Latest Novelties in JeWGlry and
Ornaments.

Popular taste ineiines toward scarf-pins
with moonstone tref0iiS.
Now comes the smallest of orchids. in
enamel, set IN lady ring.
Sterling silver photo frames In renais-
sance style continue to create favor.
Flexible gothic bracelets are production
that first saw light in the gay capital.
A Iace-pn to be admired is gold Tyre in
the center Of wreath of enameled flowers.
A bracelet much affected consists of deli
cate gold loops held together by clusters of
pearls.
The engagement bangle, with a gold
heart paddock center, finds favor among rO-
mantle lovers.
A unique idea in brooches is diamond
crescent, with gold Diana swinging in the
center.
Miniature brooches encircled by frames
composed of enaneted pansies, are rich
looking.
Two bands, one of PLATINUM and the
other of gold, are entwined and make
much admired ring.
a diamond horseshoe pin is enriched with a
gold ribbon tied in the center into small
lovers knot.
OF recent birth is queen chain pendant
consisting of a beaten gold almond with the
kernel exposed.
quaint fancy in queen chain pendants
recently imported is reduced copy in
enamel OF pomegranate.
In diamond jewelry a candidate for hon
ors is a brooch formed OF two pigeons with
their beaks clinched.
Another miniature brooch Of an attractive
order is set within ribbon border which
is knotted at intervals.
Card cases of lizard skin, to be stylish,
must be ornamented with the owners mono
The morning call., 1891-02-15

Now comes the smallest of orchids. in
enamel, set in lady's ring.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-27

stick in it, and am sure you have
plenty of timber left in each Of the
great political parties.
The participation of this state in
the war of the rebellion was magnifi-
cent. Her troops carried to the fields
of the South that high conservation
to liberty which had characterized
their fathers in the Revolutionary
struggle. They did not forget on
the hot savannahs of the South the
green tops of these hills, ever in the
vision lifting up their hearts in faith
that God would again bring the
good cause of freedom to a ust issue.
We are to-day approaching the con-
clusion of a summer of extra ordinary
fruitfulness. How insignificant the
nington in TIT compared with these
great store-houses bursting with full
ness to-day. Our excess meets the
deficiency of Europe and a ready
market is offered for all our cereals.
We shall grow richer by the contri
buttons which other countries shall
make as they take from our store
house the food needed to sustain
their people. But after all it is not
the census tables Of production or of
wealth that tell the story of the
greatness of this country. Vermont
has not been one of the rich states of
the Union in gold and silver, and her
lands have not given the returns
that the fertile river sides Of the
West yield. There has been for her
constant effort and honest toll; but
out of all this has been brought a
sturdy manhood, which is better
than riches, upon which rather than
wealth the security of our country
rests. l beg you to accept my sim
cere thanks again for the evidence of
your friendliness and my apology
that the conditions are not such as
to enable me to speak as l could
wish.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-27
FIFTY MILES PER HOUR.

A correspondent asks if there is a
train in the United States that has
a scheduled time Of fifty miles per
hour or more, for fifty miles or over
and to the inquiry we answer, yes,
there is; and though we know of
but one there may be others. Train
No. 10 on the New York division of
the Pennsylvania leaves Jersey City
at 4.13 and arrives at Philadelphia
at Cos, making two stops; the dis
lance is 1910 miles, though usually
called ninety miles. The running
time of this train, including the time
consumed in the stops, is 112 minutes,
which is almost forty-eight miles per
hour; it runs from Jersey City to
Trenton without a stop, the distance
being 1913 miles, in sixtv-four
minutes, the arriving time being
SIT, which is a speed of about So
miles per hour. There are several
other trains that make this run from
Jersey City to Philadelphia in about
two hours, the majority exceeding
two hours by from two to ten min
utes; the limited, making no stops
at all, makes it in one hour and fifty
nine minutes, or seven minutes more
than No. 10, which making two
stops, uses one hour and ffty-seven
minutes. Trains frequently exceed
sixty miles per hour, and it is likely
that it is necessary for the above
trains to do so daily to make their
scheduled time, though the one train
noted above is the only one that we
know of where the scheduled time is
fifty miles per hour for long dis
lance. Some ten years ago the
statement was made that engines
were in process of construction for
both the Pennsylvania and the
Bound Brook route that would en-
able the schedule time to be made
sixty miles per hour, the assertion
being made that both roads would
have trains in the near future that
would make the ninety miles in nine
ty minutes. They have not vet been
placed on the schedule.
The Baltimore & Ohio has several
trains whose schedule time between
Washington and Baltimore is forty
five minutes, which is forty miles at
the rate of fifty-four miles per hour.
The fastest schedule time for any
distance that we know of is on the
Baltimore & Ohio. where the time of
the Royal Blue" is for distance of
a little over three miles, at the rate
OF seventy-two miles per hour, and it
is made, too The Railway Conduc-
tor.