, 1885-10-11

describe, l forced myself toward the fold
ing doors, aud then, after a pnuse in in
which the beating OF the heart sounded IA
my ears like the roar of artillery.
ignited tSe match and raised
the lid. bur the little bla g on
tashed out for a second. leaving me
in total darkness again. Then the lid fell
from my hand with a sharp click. and a
moment afterwards my eldest brother and
a friend rushed In and discovered me
'MotherI' | gasped. pointing In my
unutierable agony 10 the co lin.
Alive and well. was the joyful an-
swer and that was the last | knew for
several days
The poor lifeless body that had shown
ma where | TODD in reference TO my
mother. as well as in the category Of
CRIME was that of a distant relative who
had fallen III and died ut our house.
81 made n clean breast To my mother
and she { rcavc me. and loved me and
Ietted me as only mothers NOW how to
d. And now. my boy. 4 want TO ask
you 10 g. home with me tomorrow and
see nv mother. the ~loveliest old lady on
tile continent. anil let me- telegraph TO
yuur mother in the inorning, and then
Nou can go back with me ON the ne 81
tip What Ito you RI
- u do il fir, and may God bless you
for ynur Kindness" tlr boy answered. wip
ing ava, for The first inie the Tears that
hal 10 led d WI his face ike rain during
the telling of this true and irag c story.
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In the ncnll e "grcenh nscs" u large
ltmnt ty ~ Az is drying preparatory
TO beng fired. Inns process is the
crucial list "i P1iter,- Adihs ;'r, ceding
u~inrhti' hs have been careful conducted
with a q s,irct view Ia this ne .All the
comm ailrns + clay 0 ihi. stone ,r bone
lH,c ttun MA 80 Wi , fore h ught 1 the
L,lh in Mh.s, -hi Mme win be- partially
Str.led krstlienw re- and urce ain are
IN y "a Is well knOwn less perfect forms
Il glass. nr rAther uf giuss la another
sta e of development When the earth
enwure slip cups aud sauccrs. mugs and
u :. nre sullic emily dried. they are lead i,
l. the biscuit" kilns as they are oddly
tl Ell for the ware rs not-twice baked in
them nor is it good la eat
ON kinds Of ware are submitted TO
The intense heat of The kiln three times,
all tw.ce-once 10 biscuit aad once in
glaze. When painting is introduced over
the glaze. as in the old Sevres pate tendrc,
aud the Various kinds OF fine porcelain,
there is a third firing. Before being
placed in the kilns all the articles thrown.
turned or nodded arc arranged In the
~saggers. " receptacles of coarse ella
very thick and strong, like deep pie
dishes Into these the various articles
are packed with considerable skill, little
lriangles being placed between each to
prevent their touching each other. aud the
saggers are next packed together in the
kiln or oven. each sagger being lined at
the bottom with a layer Of rock sand
Piled one on the other the saggers make
afairly compact column. and when the
oven. some nineteen feet In altitude, is
filled. the fire is applied. 1t will be under
stood that the hre by no means touches
either the ware or the saggers in which il
Is inclosed. They are simply in an oven
about TO be raised 10 a tremendous heat
The firing is done by means of fiues. SO
arranged as to diiuse intense heat through
out the whole interior Of the oven.
This firing is a ticklish operation. re.
quiring. the supervision Of a skilled
workman capable Of existing without sleep
for some thirty six or forty hours At
first the heat is applied gently for fear Of
cracking the ware. mt the fireman has an
anxious lime Of II. Little openings In tho
brickwork unable him to judge the pro
gress of the work. The heat of a biscuit
oven during the last twenty-four hours is
intense. between 20, 900 and 80, 900 degrees
Fahrenheit. AS the ware has taken from
forty TO fifty hours In firing. so does it
require an equal time 10 become cool.