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Show Quaint Ayricul re. There aro in tho suburbs of Rome two farms where nntlauo medals nfo mndo In Inrgo quantities. Tho peoplo who devote themselves to this odd industry in-dustry cnuso to bo swnllowod by turkeys tur-keys coins or medals roughly struck with tho effigy of Tiberius or Caligula. Caligu-la. Tho mechnnlcnl nctlon of tho tiny stones contained In tho gizzard Is added ad-ded to llio purely chemical action nf tlm gi'strlc Juice, partlnlly "(racing the flgmoi nnd toning down the hardness of the features. It Is to bo feared that soma of tho specimens In our public collections lmvo been obtnlncd by ih!s curious process. Cosmos, Par-It. |