Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1890-08-30
PIPES AND plpr MAKERS.
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. Pipe Factory In Nassaa Street.

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Pipe Factory Ia Nssssa Street.
Nassau street, between Beekman aid
Cedar, y built double. There IL row
Of shops and stores there in front with
, narrow sidewalk and another rev b
factories behind. There are many
curious things made In those factories.
which front on small areaways and
!old-tlme courts Silvcrware, canes,
badges. and small machinery OF sll
kinds are made there. Besides there
are several pipe factories. One OF the
most interesting OF these pipe factories
is near John street. It IL Q room IN
the first aoor lighted by two wibtiows
which never have 1 ray Of sunlight.
The man 10 charge Of the factory was
born In Austria and learned the pro-
fession, which bis father had before
him. He Il man we'll along toward
10 years 0f age. with gray haif and
m9ustache. He wears q pair OF gold.
trimmed spectacles. and when be works
he puts on gcld-rimmed eyeglasses
over them. He Is very proud Of bis
Dos,ness.
lay Isther iived ~ Vienna ~ the
u'u .Ane, said ne. ne Was gcnits.
o Passcu BIZ examinations IN MS pro
Der. ivory. wood. and metals. At that
time man had to serve an appren.
ticcship for long term before he to-
came q journeyman; then he had 10
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show ,hs Iind - vas ,.r nun, Mn'sa
buo " ino kluu Oh an apprenticeship nc
went through.
He does not show these things TO all
OF bis customers, but he keeps them
put away In cabinet with nuinbe
Of carved objects. One Of them Is m
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md srt;c,,,. IT,. ", VIC Dpu1s
The c.rv;na - 80 e. ILL. n
ing glass has to be used To see Il IN de.
tail. Another is q holder. whese :
monk with hollow head for cigare ties
is laughing. but Il requires magnify.
ing glass TO see the lines of bis mi,.tb.
One Of the best pieces OF carving. which
also inculcates a moral lesson. is =
skull and holds the wine bowl In pl,,ce.
The wine bowl Is followed OUT for
cigarettes. The most costly of tbe
pipes represents mermaid holdir,o a
conch shell close to her breast. Her
scaly tail IL twined about a largo
branch OF white coral which will bs.
come brown when the nine il smoked
Each scale is perfect. The mermaid has
much more expression in her face DIAN
have some az lie hio sta,nes H. Ter
trail PARK. thouoh there i hardly hsi,
an inch of meerschanm ON which 10
carve the lines.
TIE man In charoe had a mid. n
his work. He TOOK the rcnprter II
his workroom and sbowed bin, ,ha
raw amber and meersebanm the bair.
finished n;ras and tha Gn;shaJ &C.,
ings. The meerscbaum enmes from
Turkey In boyes A l,o, holds ahon.
f;fty nounds .nJ /. ,ra,si. So. 80.
to three hundred DALAI. nun anonr'iiny
10 the size and ou,,i,v ~ ,ha n;f.cass
r. -, '"o PiN.oo.