The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-28
NATURAL FRUIT FLEVoRS.

for each ball Next the blocks are turned in
lathe to perfect spheres Of precisely the diane.
ter required by means Of knives which work
automatically and cannot cut beyond a certain
distance from the center of each ball When
this has been done the perfect spheres Of cellu
loid are ready to be dyed in various colors For
this purpose they are dipped and allowed to re.
main for some time in pots containing the dyes
those parts which are not desired to be colored
being protected by means Of little cups of brass
ingeniously fastened upon the balls. In the
plain balls of red. blue, green, purple and vel
low only the round spot where the number Il Ia
20 needs to be covered but in the treatment of
the striped balls the matter is not so easy.
After they have been t1shed out OF the pots the
dyed balls are put on lathe and made to re-
volve rapidly, while fine sand-paper is deli
cately applied so as to smooth their surfaces
Then keen knife, manipulated by hand
removes from them the thinnest concevabIs
shaving all over, which does not take of
the color, because the dyes penetrate to a little
depth Finally sandpsper is again applied and
the balls are ready for the last process to which
they must be subjected. This last process is the
vanishing. They are placed for this purpose
in little wire cups, which come into contact with
them at as few points as possible, and a trans
parent lacquer is bestowed upon them by hand
with brush AS soon as they are dry they are
ready to be packed and sent TO the retailer
When they are newly finished, as you can see
for yourself, they are quite as pretty to look at
as any ivory pool balls that ever were made
When are the numbers put on you ask o. they
are cut very quickly with dies before the tails
rubbed into them to make them black. No, It
would not be possible for a celluloid ball like
one of these to explode. nor could it be made to
burn, inasmuch as its density is too great.
However, IL you were to cut 1t up into chips it
would go OF at pretty lively rate upon being
ignited."
IN journeying through Japan, says a writer
in the Collector, it strikes foreigner that the
only people who do not smoke are those who
cannot obtain tObacco IN some form, and pipe
a nd fha
rudest coole and the coarsest farm laborer
equally with the lady of rank. The pretty
geisha, and the minister Of state, all patronzs
the tiny pipe of this nation. which does not hold
enough to make Queen Nab sneeze. Every ono
appears to have a pipe, with toggla or square
tobacco bag, either stuck in the sheath or slung
upon the gtrdle with a metal clasp called
nitsuke. which glrdle serves the purpose OF
carrying their smoking paraphernalia. and also
keeping their lemons, which is about the only
outer garment they wear, from falling of.
They will squat on the floor alongside their fire
box, with few small pieces of burning char
coal in 1t, over which they appear to be con-
tinually warming their hands, and then they
pull out the pipe case and pouch, and make a
small pill OF tobacco about as large as a bean.
thrust it in the glowing charcoal, and inhale
deep into the lungs just one Whit of the blue
smoke which they exp pei by mouth and nostrils
then they shake out the little burning plug, and
lead up again for a second ippuku, valuing only
the first draught Of the lighted luxury, an | al
ways wondering how other nations can smoke a
great pipeful to the bitter end or suck for half
an hour at q large cigar. Their favorite provecb
runs: 'Kiseru no shita nj doku arimas," which
means: "At the bottom of the Pipe lives
poison" They clean the pipe out and put 10
back into the case. The women carry the
pouches as we'll as the men, and the pretty little
Musmee you meet in the railroad carriages VIII
pull out of her long hanging sleeve pipe-cass
and tobacco toggle the moment she has kicked
of her sandals and tucked her feet under her
the scat The shop woman while she Is
serving you will be tapping her metal kiseru, or
common bamboo and brass bowled pipe against
the hioachi or charcoal box to knock the ashes
out, and the cooie woman when she rests
after her Uifln, from the hard labor which
would be done in our country by mon, loads
her pipe, whiffs it through iu a twinkling, and
returns it to it's sheath, the universal poor
mans friend. che tap, tap, tap. Of the kiseru,
against tie hihGchi and the shuttle OF the
! OGDEN clocS's the sidewalks, are as onnni-
present Ill Jap; i is the tinke of the horss
car IN Nnerica The better class attach great
! Importance to the decoration of their smoking
materials and there is considerable fashion
I in these matters existing. Ladies' carry them
i IN exquisitely embroidered silk cases. fastened
| by an ivory, bronze, silver or jeweled clasp,
/ while the men wear stuck in their girdles
| pipe sheath Of carved ivory. bone or bamboo,
| all OF considerable value, while the pipe itself
may be a small, commonplace article Of reed
| and brass. with a tiny bowl not more than
| three-quarters of an inch in diameter or it may
| be a similar model, which is an exquisite OBJ
| ject in bronze. silver, or gold, worked up with
| lovely ornamentation in lacquer or enamel.
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