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Manawatu Herald, 29 January 1898, Page 4

ALL THAT IS LEFT OF HIM. Chiko, tho Faraons Gorilla — A Triumph of the Taxidermist's Art. In sfcorner of a room In the American _uuscui_t of Natural History, In Mew York, eita the onco rocowned Chiko, gorilla or vhimpanzoo. After his lamented demise all tho arts of the taxidermist were spent on Viirn. and, according to the New York World, these were the proceedings: First they 6kinned Chiko. Then they dissected him. They macerated hig bones, and when they were* dry and white and eblnJng again they measured eaoh one aoCHIKO AS HE NOW APPEARS. curately and inado ita counterpart in wood. They did this becauso tho skeleton of Chiko was in itself a prize for the museum. The skeletons of theso anthropoid apes ore very rare. Chiko's skeleton will bo mounted by the osteologist of the museum. Having hi 3 wooden skeleton, tho taxidermist articulated it and set it in the dignified position in which Chiko muat hereafter remain. Then, instead of tho mighty muscles, tho skillful taxidermist clothed tho bony framo with excelsior, which is used ordinarily to stuff mattresses and chairs, on which tho presont progeny of Chiko sleep and sit. Mr. Rowloy imitated tho bulgo of the muscles und filled their attachments by winding thread around the excelsior. Housed 10, 000 yards of thread to give tho proper conformation to tho figure. Then over the excelsior he spread, with coref ul hand, a thin covering of modeling clay. There sat Chiko, but without his coat. Chiko's coat had suffered during his incarceration. Ho loved ozeroiso. He fretted ngainst tho bars. Ho rubbed his coat bare in spots. But Mr. Rowley has restored the coat, nnd Chiko, clothed with ifc again as J.n life, will bo placed in n, glass case in tho museum. The 1-argest Magnet In 4h« World. Think of n magnet 17 feet long, 4 fee 4 In diameter and -weighing 05,000 pounds. . Such, according to the Now York Herald, is the great instrument as it stands today 'on~ its carriage, looking liko a huge cannon wrapped to keep it from the cold. And it is a hugo cannon resting on lta carriage and pointing out to Long Island sound. It is also wrapped, but not to protect it from the cokl, but to transform it into a magnot. Thi3 covering is more than ten miles of insulated copper wire wound layer on layer around it. Though this magnot cannot.draw tho nails from approaching ships, liko the great loadstone of tho "Arabian Nights," nor deflect their compasses nt a distance of six miles, as has been declared it could do, it can do astonishing things through .ita silent nnd mysterious power. Tho magnetio power perceptibly reaches a distance of 800 feet, for nt that point it will deflect the needle o" a compass 3 degrees. At the dlstauco of 70 feet from its muzzle its power is equal to fho earth's magnetism, for there tho needlo is deflected 45 degrees. Iron in contact with the magnet is held in spito of tho effort of the strongest man | to romovo it. All iron within its magnetio j field becomes magnetized, and five cannon - . balls, each weighing 835 pounds, are held suspended from its muzzle, ono clinging j to tho other. Iron chains hanging near becamo rigid. The heaviest crowbar brought near will at once fly to the magnet and drag with it the strongest man if he porsists in clinging to it. As magnetio force cannot be insulated, but manifests itself through all sub- . stances, even though they be the best known nonconductors of eleotrioity, a man can etand in front .of the magnet, and its mysterious force aots through bis body without diminution or without In • any way affecting him. One interesting feature in the experlments so far as conducted is the location of the "neutral" point, or the point in tho electric field where the magnet exerts no force. This point Is on the axis of tho ■ magnet extended and six inches from the ■ muzzle. A piece of iron— a taok, for inK stance — held at this point is not affected ■ by the magnet. I Briefly About Copper. ■ Copper has been known for centuries. ■ It is encountered native in many places. K The Cornish copper ore is the copper py- ■ rites. H Sheet copper is worked Into many doH m-stlo utensils, and the alloy with zino, B termed brass, is both useful and ornaH mental. Red brass Is beaten into thin NATIVE COPPER. leaves and is by some supposed to be "gold leaf." It is used in decorative work. Bronze is also nn alloy of copper, as are gun metal, bell metal, etc. |H Copper is an excellent conductor of eleoIt is hard and tough, yet elastic, possesses malleability and ductility. forms two oxides and several sulphide.. principal of the latter are found naand worked as ores. The sulphate of copper, termed bluevitH^BHol, is used in calico printing, and fromH^Hit all tbo (copper) pigments are derived. I^H When copper or its alloys are exposed to I^Hfrir and water, a carbonate of copper forms, |^B^7hich is termed verdigris. All copper I^Kalts are poisonous. White of eggs is an I^Bjxcollcnt remedy in such cases of poisonHB* D - I_---XiK i