. Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle . strictlya temperance man. Well, he sat down on the bank of a pond torest. Just then a frog put up his head and began to sing, Teddygot drunk! Teddy got drunk! Shut your mouth, ye spalpeen,said Teddy. I have taken no dhrap the day at all at all; and splashwent a big stone at the offenders head. The noise started otherfrogs, and in a few moments Teddy had more than he could do tosilence their slanders. At length the row became general, andTeddy was obliged to give up in despair and go home ; but he alwaysshunned the pond afterwards. A pe
. Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle . strictlya temperance man. Well, he sat down on the bank of a pond torest. Just then a frog put up his head and began to sing, Teddygot drunk! Teddy got drunk! Shut your mouth, ye spalpeen,said Teddy. I have taken no dhrap the day at all at all; and splashwent a big stone at the offenders head. The noise started otherfrogs, and in a few moments Teddy had more than he could do tosilence their slanders. At length the row became general, andTeddy was obliged to give up in despair and go home ; but he alwaysshunned the pond afterwards. A person went into a shoemakers shop to purchase a pair of boots. Theprice was three dollars, and he gave the shoemaker a ten dollar bill, whichhe was obliged to get changed in an adjoining store. After the purchaserhad been gone some time the merchant discovered that the ten dollar bill wascounterfeit, and he at once returned it to the shoemaker, who gave him goodmoney for it. Now the question is, how much did the shoemaker lose ? TIN MINES. 205 Tin I GAVE you, on a preceding page, a sketch of diamond now have a word or two to say about tin. Tin has been found inseveral countries, but very few mines have proved of any greatvalue. The tin mines of Cornwall, England, are the best. It issupposed that these mines have been worked over two thousandyears. There are between twenty and thirty now in use. Thedescent to them is by a perpendicular pit called a shaft. A ropewith a bucket, or kibbut, at each end, is fixed to a windlass at the top,and a load carried up and another one oown at the same time. Thedescent in one of these buckets is rather hazardous, though acci-dents rarely occur. When the vein of ore is first discovered, it is frequently less thanan inch thick; but as the miners follow it, it increases, and becomesmore valuable. The adjoining rock is blasted with gunpowder, toget at the ore conveniently. Frequently the vein ceases abruptly,as if it had been suddenl
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