Year: 1874

MAKING SnoT.-One of the " secrets"
of the manufacture of shot is the mix
ing of the lead with Il certain proper
ton of combination of mineral SUD-
stances called " temper" The " tenn
per" is fused with the lead, and gives
the motion metal that consistency which
makes it drop. If it were not for the
d" temper" the lead would be nodded
by the sieve, and would form little pen
sils instead of round shot. When
"BB' shot, for instance, are to be
made, the lead is poured into pan
perforated with holes corresponding to
that size. The little pellets come pour
ing down i'll continuous shower and
fall into tank filled with water on the
ground floor. In their descent of 200
feet they become perfect spheres, firm
and dense, and they are tolerably cool
when they strike the water, although
the swift conclusions make the tank
foam and bubble us if the water was
boiling f,miously. The shot must fall
in the water, for if they should strike
any firm substance they would be fiat
tened and knocked out of shape. To
get the little pellets perfectly dry after
they have been in the "well' is the
most difficult and troublesome process
of the whole manufacture. An elevator
with small buckets (vcry much like those
used in flour mills) carries the shot up
rs fast rs they reach the bottom of the
"wcll," and deposits them in box
sixty feet above the first floor The
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up, and not much is poured into the
receiver above, although it is intended
to be sort of dripping machine. From
this receiver the shot runs down spout
into dry-pan, which greatly resem.
bles gigantic shoe made of sheet iron.
The pan rests at an angle which permits
the wet shot to fall slowly down the
chamber below, and the pellets become
perfectly dry as they pass over the warm
sheet iron.--V Miners Rrpo'1cr.


The WAY TO CONQUER I'll master
it" said the ax, and his blows fell heav-
lily on the iron; but every blow made
his edge more blunt, till he ceased to
strike.


Leave it to me said the saw, and with
his relentless teeth he worked back
ward and forward on it's surface till
they were all torn down or broken:
then he fell aside.


Ha! hat said the hammer. 81
knew you wouldn't succeed; Ill show
you the way" but at his first fierce
stroke off flew his head, and the iron
remained as before.


"Shall 1 try?" asked a soft, small
flame. But they all despied the flame:
but he curved gently around the iron,
and embraced it, and never left it un-
til it melted under his irresistible in
fuence.


There are hearts hard enough to re-
sist the force of wrath, the malice of
persecution, and the fury of pride, SO
as to make their acts recoil on their ad-
versaries; but there is power strong
or than any of these, and hard indeed
Is that herta that can resist love.


The EXCAVATION IN RoME.-An extract
from private letter, written in Rome
to q gentleman in Boston, and pub
lished in the Boston Transcript, gives
these interesting particulars concerning
the excavations at the Coliseum: At a
depth of thirty feet below where we
used to consider the level of the arena
they have reached the original pave
ment, which is of bricks, set up edge
wise. Underneath that is an immense
cloaca or sewer. A large number of
granate or marble columns have been
found, with finely carved capitals, all
broken, some into three or four pieces.
Many mutilated statues and much else
that is fragmentary and of interest is
being continually unearthed. Every
thing is to be removed down to the
original pavement. This will take at
least another year, when another row
OF arches will then be visible inside. 1t
IS evident that there was previous
building on this site, and that some of
these ruins under this monstrous ma.
sonry belong to an almost prehistoric