The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-15

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u Wnukl ssru ta ulHv ta4f Tie manulsrf.
ure 81 hrc-uua "a "a idc 4ud easy mat
Ter. write 8 oaru b 1t the Alhary
a. g. EGt I'D o. ut lef ~ nuy KIND i
usHd thg m1nul 0rs- aa AIRY rakssh
murh mare Lsr-s ta4a whore all the
prAsss j. o. is Ui hy feri etoi macaia-
ory. A kuuU sisf 81 fI- AW- u chemistry
~ also csHiLl ia ueicf 10 give the
ruslcr -lu.H .ita 90 lar ptav,s "a "a sclaci
She I.ouan t4ldaf u.s. She mIst p~rdiaarg u
hue-woraA snd loias. O. u o. jaurne, fnom
noHm 10 nuatt a4d lum bui c.ns 20 buiillHs
Tho nrt department Nc enter b. tuat
where tir ,a-gs asr .aio 1uis is done 90
Abs il.i1Tfas r%arrrt. cartridge p1pcf Is
rut iuia tae ere % aad size required and
Lul un q i.alius .aI, Nhurr paste Is spread
over uv' salH ,Irr being taken that the
paste dos uui um tbc sslc touching the
roller t0.al WI,h tuu paper u then
wrapped. Ter iI Sac roller o. wet 10 will tear
the inier o. trlu % uut This roller is
of brass COZ wiul .ui tho ease comes % IL
lntkiug ~ tiJurA BE- ual been made from
paper ui unc thicaucss. although every boy
81 ttaH" NH#HH"HH# - HHHAHHaAN AaAANA nAANtAH
90 tae crn.rara ifsr tiis operation one
end 81 tlc ca,u Is os,d An cspcrt work.
man can make from fifteen hundred
20 thr,c tiuus.ud % day 81 these, de-
c0rdnlr 6, size N.fer roltng the eases are
p.acci .ha. ewes. .nt SAINT 10 tlcdrying room
10 be- ihprug-Jy ys,cI iu IA same depart
meat j. q marianne for trimming OF the
ru3gh ends 30 tu.l the plssioihty of any nc.
aUlHLf fFuH.H.u...aH IAN tHfH....H.aHHFN tHIfsfU.Ft
is Il seucd tl,.H clsc, Dc-rdo Ucang used
far illing have -i,n variuns utncr purposes,
such a. maiiu-, cir. Wilde the Itoindn
candle D. Progressing Thus lur on the jour.
ncy let us p,cp az 80 the laboratory door,
where chrmvll, are being mixed. The
performance ul the principal part of lire.
works dcIeuds iIuch uu tl" composition
bcag vcry iluo and wei mixed; therefore
great ciru J., taken in tuis part of the work
and particularly for the composition Of sky
rO',cts aud also IA AL liked works from
which tho lur plays regularly. Tho chem
irul m!XtIru- sro then distributed 10 the
worlEen, whu Il turn tasc thcm To the
moulding ROMA, whore. with little manipula-
ton they ar psr,li ~ noulds aud made into
s'stars" or bal, a5thcy are more comuon
Is tor.nrd. These are all rJlored, for the pale
htiNA AAH|ttH ltsAF' FAh'A ff1AN " AaA' eNeAa
10 those OF beautiful ,lnts, The color Of the
stars seen IN Tai, department would deceive
one as 20 that which they display when fired.
The green pr,ducr g blue light and the blue
turn to green. White is made from red
stars, red froll gray. and so on until every
color 81 the rainbow h catalogucd.
II at this point whore we meet the case
again read. Tor the rcccptinu Of the chem.
icals thus prepared Thi' is called the
charging department.. Before the WORK
man Is "a frame ,aplblc Of holding twelve
cases uprigi,. Whch hr places In position,
having FIRST usrcriaiucd that the iusidcs are
entirely free by passing a rod through
them This prccautlon Is necessary be
cause aus obstruction would cause the piece
to miss lire. GA one side Of hun, in sep
aratc compartments, are lay, composition,
powder and g;ars OF yarious colors, and on
the other a mailci uf considerable weight
and several rinrncrB ~ different lengths,
the longest being about tho same size rs the
case he Is 20 iiil, Taking IN his hand an In
strumcut consisting of twelve small scoops,
connected la u line and exactly the same
distance apart a. are the cases on the frame,
ne fills them with clay ald skilliullv
cmptics tAcin into those rnscs. The SAINT
Is done with the powder, the composition
(which IS used as . wadI and the stars. All
these he thcu I,rSs down by means Of the
longest ramrud. Repeating the same proc.
css again aud again. except the clay Is
omitted, he uscs q shorter rod each time
until the ease is fully charged, and pours in
nj the end more clay. - this material guar
antecs safe handling and packing aud pro
tocts the explosives inside. The fuse Is
then inserted aud lastly the outside coloret
paper Is wrapped around for bcuutifyinl
tho Roman candle thus made. The Who'll,
operation described hero also applies tC
rockets.
Firc-craakCrs come from China, wher,
tAe country people manufacture them IA 4
pastimc, as The Germans do toys. They
arc imported In boSCs similar to tea chests
the hicroglyplics on them representing al
veriisrmcnts OF different, firms. and tho,
arr nspd ns ballast Tor tn ships that brinl
them over. An idea may nc obtained Of tbs
utthf lmpassibiliiy Of competition when one
~ informed that u costs but two cents e
mako "a pack uf hrc.cracl;crs there. Tn,
Chinese were acquainted. IA we all know
with the uses Of ruli-p1wdcr long before IL
introductigl into europe In the thnrtecntl
century, aud the PEASANTS have been for 81
many generations .tdcpt ~ the ART OF max
ing firc-crac.tcrs that II las become, VI
might say. second nature. OF course, II
the fireworks, where u thorough under
standing of the mysteries of chcmica
action and artistic skill are required, tlosl
manufactured ia Brooklyn are a fal
sample 81 the higher excellence Of American
productions. but when neither Of thesl
qualities Is requisite we are entirely out o
the field.
Balloons Of various sizes and shapes mr.