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Show Stones Are Compose,! of Stiella. The tripnli, used for polishing our tableware, ta-bleware, is composed entirely of the si-licious si-licious sliells of infusoria. The earthly paint with which our houses are colored is nothing but the remains of different species of these animals. Even the hardest hard-est rocks -the flints show, when examined exam-ined under the microscope, that they, too, are composed of tlie skeletons of infusoria. in-fusoria. I ouch examined a thin section of a Hint formerly used icy ihe great hunter, Daniel liooiie. This Hint was composed of thf shells of infusoria." The gun, an old flintlock rifle, from which this flint was taken, is still preserved al Frankfort, Ky. Even many of the precious stones, such as tho carnclian, owe their beautiful j colors to the presence of fossil infusoria. Jlaeon Telegraph. |