The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-20

saw them, spck and span in the fnishng-room,
where men with delicate hands and accurate
vision were giving them the last touches prior
TO their being removed TO the proving butt
The large ones are tested by irlne OH q bar OF
iron weighing one thousand pounds, and Il they
stand inc test OF such an explosion ten times
Without injury, they are considered ht for use.
We now turned our backs on guns and our
faces towards shot and shell. Small wagons
filed with old iron, Jumps OF chalk,
mace. and grunt of delight. ACCOMPANIED
by yellow-blulsh flames issuing from its mouth,
told us how these dehcacies had been appre-
ciated.
On the other side of this furnace a man crept
up and with long iron rod removed the clay
stopper and out poured the molten metal, like
fiery soup, into an iron caldron, which was
wheeled OIL when tHll and replaced by another.
From these the noUlds were filed, and after
short interval for cooling, they we're taken out
SIDE, where pale-iaced men with bare arms and
flannel gloves removed the rivets and tossed out
the red-hot shot into the sand to cool.
These men had numerous scars upon their
arms, and said 1t was too hot and weakening to
protect them by wearing flannel sleeves; but not
long ago an officer had recommended them to
USE whitening for their burns, and it had sue
ceeded so well that they now kept a boxtul
always ready ior use, and plastered IL over the
wound directly after the accident
AS we passed out of this factory we admired
the beautiful metal gates, and then vending our
way through immense piles OF timber, we
reached the saving mills. AS we approached,
a
covered with sharp teeth, and revolving at a
marvellous rate, rose from some UNDERGROUND
habitation, and made its way towards q eOodlS
oak lying on the ground; quickly it passed
through 1t, cutting IL in two parts
in as many minutes. The severed
block was then laid upon move
able frame, which conveyed it under seven or
eight upright saws, and these when set to work
very soon disposed OF the noble stem, dividing
| 1t into eight or nine stout planks Alas there
was no one to cry ,'Woodman, spare that tree.n
Close by is the wheel factory, where the diff
tereDt parts OF the wheels are cut out by ma.
chinery and then pressed together.
In the adjoining yard we found a Turkish
tombstone, with its curious characters written
in gold upon slab of granite, the top of which
| had been shaped into fez and colored scarlet.
| Bob told me how the poor Turks lost their tomb
stones principally during the night in the Cri-
mean war time, and many OF them may no be
seen erected as Trophies in English gardens.
By this time was getting very tired, and de-
| clarod that must give in; but Bob would not
| hear OF my going away without seeing the car
| rage factory, which we had not yet visited.
| Here were all kinds of carriages in different
| stages OF manufacture carriages for guns
and pontoons, wagons for bread, wagons
ior wounded, wagons for stores, carts
| for shot and shell, ETC., etc. MY eye was
| guns, which bore this inscription: These guns
| and carriages were made in the Royal Arsenal
| 1882 and were presented by KING George III.
| in 1892, to the Emperor of China, and delivered
| by the Ambassador Lord Mccartney. They
| were afterwards captured in the Emperors
| Palace in Pekin in 1860, and returned to the
| Royal Arsenal after an absence IN q
| tropical climate of sixtytn1ne years, per-
| iectly sound and good 10 every respect" Thus
| giving no mean testimony to the durability OF
| the work turned out in these Government estab-
| lishmentS.
| We took look also at the large model-room
belonging TO this department, where there was
| model (Teal slze) OF a shp.mortar the same
kind as the sc which burst, so drcadtully at the
| bombardment OF SWeaborg. There was
also block of elm which had been sawn
| IN two, and in the centre was a cavity con-
| tanning binds nest with two eggs in it, one a
| tomtiis, the other sparrow's: they must have
been there nearly hundled years, Judging by
| the age OF the tree.
paused Tor a moment to ask what was the
| cost Of these vast establishments Bob did not
| know the cost OF the Arsenal alone but the
| estimates last year for manufacturing depart.
| ments and materials at home and abroad came
to about million and half 1t was
| more the year before, but some thousand
| worBmen had been dismissed, thus enabling tle
| Government to reduce our income tax a penny v
| IN the pound, while, on the other hand, many
| families of those poor artisans had been sub
| iected TO dreadful privations before they could
| hnd work elsewhere. These men are only enti.
| tied to pension alter ten years. service, when
| they may obtain one-siXtieth of their wages.
| ana after twenty years one-siXth, and so on. In
| case OF accidental death, the family would
receive bonus flom the War Office according
! to rank.
q.
| We passed by the small hospital where cases of
| accidents are received and attended TO- and on
| reaching the man gates we stopped TO examine
the beautiful Maltese gun standing there as it to
defend the entrance, 1t was captured at Malta,
and is nearly twenty feet in Ienginn. On the gun
| Itself is engraved the archange St. Michael
| spearlng Satan, who is falling back wards: and
on the carriage, st. Paul shaking off the venom
| Gus serpent into the flames. The inscrption
| stated that the gun was made by The knights of
| Malta in the year 1907.
| At this moment the clock struck six. We had
| actually been four hours going round
| once more the great bell rang; again hun
dleds Issued iIom every quarter and poured in
an enormous stream through the gates
| A row OF policemen formed across the outlet
| allowing the crowd of men and bows TO filter
through them, and tapping such of them on the
| shoulder as they thought looked suspiciously
| bulky or had large coats or bundles The Sc
| lected one at once diverged from the stream,
| and entered q eide-door, where he was searched
| by the police to see if he had anything belong
] ing 70 Government in his possession.
Stllct as this search is, the pilieTing is very
| considerable. 1t is easy enough for man to
| place few copper nails in his hair, and if he
| did tins every time he lett his work, the Gov.
| eminent would have lost no small sum OF money
| at the end of the year.
hlght glad was to find myself once more
seated IN the train. The indeiatigable Bob was
as iiesh as ever. He told me that although
had visited but part of the vast establish
ment yet should still carry away with me a
pretty good idea OF the whole; and i thought SO
too.-L London Society,"