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States, but none that paid to work. I11 order to prepare the metal, the tinstone is broken into fragments; and as it remains among the debris unchanged in character, it can, like gold, be separated from the lighter portions of rock by washing. It is then reduced to the metallic state by roasting in a furnace.—Tin-foil fin beaten out very thin, like a leaf. tin. It is largely manufactured in South Wales, and of late years in the United States. The plates are dipped in acid and afterwards washed in water to then toughened by pa ing them between polished rollers, coated, and pa ed between steel rollers. Tin-plate is used extensively in the manufacture of kitchen utensils, and for the tins required in preserving meat, fruit, and vegetables. the Tinsel. [Fr.] A thin kind of cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or thin metal covered make brown red and yellow, orange blue, black, and red, olive blue and lead, pearl; blue, are white, and lake, purple blue, white, and black, pearl gray white and lake, rose; white and white and green, bright or pea green white and lampblack, lead; white and purple, French white; white and yellow, straw white, yellow, and red, cream; white, yellow, and Venetian red, buff; white, lake, and Vermillion, flesh color. on insects. The blue, marsh, crested, and long¬ tailed titmice are the best known European species. I he chickadee or blackcap tit is a com¬ mon American species, and the tufted tit the largest. Tit is the titlark tomtit is the blue titmouse or the wren. but without teeth, and more terrestrial in its habits. It has a thick and heavy body, covered with wart-like glands, which secrete an acid fluid. The tongue is well developed, and can be protruded rapidly to capture insects. The skin absorbs moisture, and is cast off at intervals and swallowed. The winter is fepent in a torpid state in holes and crevices. Toads are long-lived, and are found all over the world. They feed on insects injurious to vegetation. Tree-toads have loud, shrill cries, and are often brightly colored. The Surinam toad of Guiana is eaten by the natives. Its eggs are not laid in water, but are received by the male, who deposits them on the back of the female, where the skin thickens between the eggs, till each is invested in a sac, in which the young go through changes, and each emerges a perfect toad. Nightshade family, the leaves of which when dried are used for smoking. It was found in America—in use among the Indians—by the Spanish discoverers. The plant is four or five feet high, has a moist, hairy stem, and leaves sometimes two feet long. The leaves are arranged round a single stalk, and the flowers, which are white and shaped like a funnel, grow at the top of the plant. Only plants grown for seed are allowed to blo om. It is grown ill the West Indies, in the southern United States and in other countries. Much is grown in the Philippine Islands. Tobacco leaves rolled up tightly form