The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-01

proprietor VERY likely my chimneys
would not all stand such test. But what
will your A lamp chimney is not made to
drive nails, Glass is not wrought iron.
The test of a chimney is to subject it to a
sudden change of temperature, and you
have seen how they stand that test. 1T
does not so much enhance the value of q
lamp-chimney to be able to jump on it
without breaking it" And he suited the
action to the word. But it does enhance
its value to make it capable of standing
sudden cold or moisture.
Il have begun with the manufacture of
a single article, he explained, because |
wanted first to be able to make one thing
perfectly before making other things.
And L have, | think, accomplished that
l have sold already about $4,000 worth
Of my goods, and, as evidence of the sue
cess have had in their manufacture, /
will show you letters from some of my
customers.
A number of these letters were shown,
highly laudatory in their nature. Among
them was one from Mr.. Butler, the pres.
ident of the Sixth Avenue Railroad Com
DaDy, on which line the chimneys have
been used tor a considerable time, and one
from Mr.. ChatfangeOn, manufacturer in
Hoboken, who uses a large number of
lamps in his factory. Mr.. Chaffangeon
wrote that while there was formerly a
breakage of six or seven chimneys night
in his factory, there had only been six
broken in twenty-one days that he had
been using the new chimneys.
What is the comparative cost of your
chimneys?" asked the reporter.
"It is n little difhcult IN reduce II IN n
percentage, as the difference differs in the
different kinds of goods. But the average
excess of the cost Of mine over ordinary
chimneys | should think was about 60 per
cent. But of course if they outlast
| dozen ordinary ones they are the cheapest
Il have been experimenting on other
goods said he, land have some samples
that have made here as we'll as some
that NJ, Muzard has just brought over
from France. He has lately been at our
factory in Belgium and comes direct from
the one in France, which is used mostly
for experimenting, and brings some new
processes"
M. MUzard hereupon produced a num-
Der of tumblers, plates and finger glasses
which he recklessly clashed together much
after the fashion of the coffee -and-cake
oolOOu HdltcIt duu uutSuSu up Dy throwing
the whole lot on the floor some ten feet
away from him. They rebounded and
rolled in al directions, but not one was
broken. He jumped on them and they did
not crack, and taking them up one by one
he threw several on the floor with his
whole strength, but failed to damage them.
why not make pots and kettles, or po-
licemen's clubs, or artificial cheeks for life
insurance agents and inexperienced news
paper men, or anything of that kind ?"
asked the reporter.
Pots and kettles, perhaps" said NJ.
la Chapelle. 'But.I say nothing of that
at present. l wish to make perfectly
whatever offer for sale, and | am only
now coming to the table crockery. Kitchen
utensils must be very strong. My glass is
not steel, see |"
And he threw a small plate against the
brick wall. 1t shattered into thousand
pieces.
The philosophy of the toughening pro-
cess is very simple, he explained. IF you
take an ordinary piece of glass and scratch
it with a diamond it will snap easily.
The reason is that you have cut through
the outside shell which is very hard. You
will notice that our lamp chimneys are
rather thick. We find that while it does
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