Tin Cans And Old Shoes

On every duiapiug grouud where tho :ity contractors of Brooklyn placo their asilos one may seo oonstantly Italiana working hard leveling the beaps, aa load alter load is dcposited, and carefully placiiig tbe touiato uaus aud othor castofP pieces of tinwaro iu pilos by themselves. The contractors do noc object iï the householders put oíd cana amoug tho asbes, for thisinsuresa caroful leveling by tho Italiaus at tho dumping grouncls at no expense to the contractors. The roveuuo frorn these cans that aro collected by the hundredp. and tbousands is a matter of to most persons. A two norse load brings from 0 to $8. It takes several days of hard work to get a big wagon load, but tho Italians don 't seem to mind the labor of it, thero is money iminediately in gight as the piles of tin cans grow. They watcu jealously their picking grouuds and sometimes make special nrrangeineuts with the contractors for tho privilege of scrapiug and raking tho ash heaps over. The tin cans are sold to men with fnrnaces, who placo them iu a big caldron, and under a slow fire melt the tin and solder and run that part off for future u-a and sa!o. Almost all the tin and solder is saved by this process and is salablo for use iu making more cans for preserving vegetables. The heat ia tbun made inteuse, and theiron that reniains is melted and cast into sash ■weights. The demand forthesoold caus .8 said to be greater than the snpply, aud one of the most valnable of the caveuger privileges that the Italiaus in largo citics assume is that of ■workiag nver an asli dtimp. Tho Italiaus also collect odd bits of leather iu hoaps. Old ehoes of a largo size aro alwaya a special delight to them. A wagon load of them is always saiablo for use in making lampblack. Thero nru other sources oí profit in ash heaps, but thu chief aources of revenue to thoso who pul! them topieces are the calis and tho Plioes.