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There age fe sn-si on tli.iss that ara
called upon 10 raii into more close
corners or queer ei uatinns than i n
billiard bill That i. u course. after It
lns become full fcdged billiard ball
It's career prior to this i Of course rather
monotonous. An elephant, either in
Africa or Asia, carries il with him in
his wanderings very near to his trunk.
It is then known as q tuslz, and has been
the cause Of some tall lying in tIle way
Of elephant stories told By various per-
sons. of whom Rider Haggard is the
foremost representative
The transition from being an elephants
tnsk to being q billiard ball in good
standing is not sudden. II takes time 70
effect it In the first place it is not
every tnsk that Is suitable 10 make a
billiard ball from. There are several
factories in New York city, and they say
that 1t takes a good while TO turn out
perfect ball. The firms there, however,
have to do but a part # the work, for
they get the tusks that are Of a proper
quality sent to them cut into sections,
each section being large enough TO allow
Of the turning Of single ball out of it
Most of this material comes form Ham,
burg. The ivory Is 50 marked that the
turner's here know what part of the tlsk
each piece comes from, aud in this way
can calculate as to the grain and quality
Of the article.
1t requires skilled labor to turn out a
billiard ball. One-half Of tits first turned,
an instrument Of the finest steel being
used for the work. Then the half turned
ball Is hung up in a net and is allowed
to hang there for year to dry. Then
the second half is turned and then comes
the polishing. Whitening and water
and good deal of rubbing are necessary
for this It is necessary in the end that
the ball shall 70 the veriest fraction of a
grain be Of certain weight.
II is after being placed on the billiard
table that the real life OF billiard ball
commences There are pores in ivory
just as there are in epidermis. They
may close, and then. IL in hot room,
the ball is likely TO crack by reason of
conclusion with other balls. During the
first stage the billiard ball may mix in
almost any society. II may gyrats un-
der the magic cue Of Slosson, a aSchaefer,
a Vignaux, OF some other champion, or it
may be toyed with by fair DANES in pri-
vato billiard rooms in swell houses on
Murray hill.
When ii cracks it drops step lower.
It is sent to factory and a small frac-
ton of an inch is shaved off from it.
You next see it in some second rate
billiard room on Sixth avenue. Finally
it rolls even lower and into some second
hand shop and thence into a Bowery
saloon, where crooks" manipulate it to
the dismay and discontinue of visitors
from the rural districts The rest is soon
told. The balls become cracked, de-
crepit and practically useless for the
purpose for which they were made.
Then they are bought up by dealers. are
cut up and made into smaller articles.
II the worst comes to worst. they can be
burned and used in the making of ivory
black
A checkered life enough is that of a
billiard hall.
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