MOHAIR

is the hair of a goat which inhabits the mountains in the vicinity of Angora, in Asia Minor. MOIRÉE MET ALL I QUE, called in this country crystallized tin-plate, is a variegated primrose appearance, produced upon the surface of tin-plate, by applying to it in a heated state some dilute nitro-muriatic acid for a few seconds, then washing it with water, drying, and coating it with lacquer. The figures are more or le beautiful and diversified, according to the degree of heat, and relative dilution of the acid. This mode of ornamenting tin-plate is much le in vogue now than it was a few years ago.