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The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
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l f we were to take a trip TO a modern
dish factory we would first come upon
the clay shed. Here is stored the
china clay which has been shipped In
the form OF large square blocks. There
are great iron watts near by, in which
are machines with which to work to-
gether the clay and water to the proper
consistency, just as the children mix
the mud for their mud pies. Exposed to
the sun, rain and frost outside, is
mass OF darker looking clay; heaps of
stone, blocks OF granite and feldspar,
and a pile of round gray flints are
conveniently near.
Let us go inside. Here we find
large vat having q stone bottom and
huge stone grinders. In this vat are
separate pans for each material, and
here feldspar and flint are ground sep
arately in water and carefully mixed
with the clay. This mixing Is a very
exact process and 1t takes an expert
to know just how much OF each to
put in When these are all well mixed
the liquor mixture is called slip"
Most of our dishes are made in molds,
which, for convenience, are in several
parts, in order that the dish when hard
ened may readily be removed A.work-
man takes these parts, fits them ex-
actly together and joins them with
little of the clay, then the slip is
poured in and left to harden into shape.
Far more interesting is it to watch
q worker at the potter's wheel The
clay for his use is made thick like
dough- He takes a mass In his hand
and with no guide but his trained eye
shapes articles of beauty. Have you
ever seen potter's wheel? 1t is un-
changed in shape and method Of work
ing since the day 1000 years ago, when
the ancient Egyptians worked with it,
leaving pictures of it on their walls
which we may see today.
1t is fiat disk. about IA inches in
diameter, in fact revolving circular
table, much like an ordinary turning
lathe Into the middle of this disk
the potter throws his lump of clay, and
as it whirls shapes 1T with his hands,
gradually working it into the desired
shape. Handles and other prominent
parts are fastened afterward by
means of thin paste of the clay. 1t
is fascinating to watch the potter, and
especially to see him hold his thumbs
closely together above it and press
firmly down, thus following it out,
and almost before the eye can follow
the motion he has a bowl or a pitcher.
From the potter the work goes to the
turner who, with an ordinary lathe,
rounds and smooths the edges or forms
the foot of a cup or bowl
Plates are made by machine which
is simply two strong heads and two
revolving arms In the center of one
of these heads is placed a ball of clay,
the arm descends and spreads it out
in the shape of pancake. The work
man lifts this, lays 1t upon a plate
mold before him, brings down the sec
ond arm upon it, and. as If by magic,
the plate is formed and the machine is
ready for another.
But these dishes, however beautiful
in shape, are of no use until they are
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
A VISIT TO A DISH FACTORY

baked; otherwise, they would dry ana
crumble like mud pies.
You would suppose that any one
could put the dishes in the oven, but
much OF the success OF the ware de-
pends upon the skill of the placer, as
he is called. Fine china must be wen
supported during the baking, or the
articles would twist and lose their
shape; so they are placed in larger
vessels or rather boxes of baked clay
In these sand Is placed, or beds OF nnely
ground flint for the more delicate emma
The placer makes mounds over whlch
he inverts q plate or saucer, as the
case may be, or rings to support the
cups and other circular pieces. He
fills one box, then fits a second one
upon it, and fills that after the same
fashion, until he has a pile of these
boxes ready to go into the oven. At
length the oven is as full as 1t Will
hold, then the narrow doorway is
walled up and plastered over and the
firing begins. The whole firing lasts
from 40 TO AZ hours. The heat must
be raised very slowly. for a sudden
heating would destroy the ware by
cracking II. When the ware Is thor
oughly baked, the kiln is allowed to
cool from 80 to 60 hours; then the
dishes are taken out. At this stage
the ware is called biscuit, and is ready
for glazing.
Glaze is really hard glass To make
it soluble salts, such as soda, potash
and borax, are melted, together with
flint and clay. This is ground in water
with white lead and feldspar, until the
whole is a smooth, thin batter. Into
tub of this glaze the 'dipper" dips each
article, then the ware is again fired,
making the glaze very hard and shiny.
If the ware is to remain white 1t is
now ready for the warehouse, but il it
is to be decorated it must go through
another process or perhaps several.
Fine decorating is done with brush
and paint, like picture, and this is
afterward fired or baked In. CONNER
cial painting is done very rapidly,
something like stencling. The edges
of plates are gilded on wheel. Hand
workers sometimes fill in outlines with
leaves or sprays The most expensive
pottery is both shaped and painted by
artists.
Ironstone ware is made of the Stag OF
ironstone together with flint, Cornwall
stone. clay and blue oxide Of cobalt. 1t
is a heavy class of earthenware. Porce-
lain commonly called china, when held
up to strong light is transparent in a
varying degree according to thickness.
All ware that Is not transparent is
earthenware. Rookwood pottery is
made in Cincinnati Teco ware is made
near Chicago at the Terra Gotta works
and the name is made from the words
Terra Gotta. Grueby, Dedham and Mer-
rimac potteries are in these three New
England cities.
While Theodore Roosevelt was presi-
dent a new service of china was made
for use on state occasions at the White
House. 1t is the work of the Wedg-
wood firm of England, one of the Oldest
known. 1T is of simple pattern and
bears the great seal of the United
States enameled in color upon each
piece. The set consists of over 1000
pieces.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
Mary's Reading Lesson

The little girl In the class was read
ing Iaboriously, See Mary and the
lamb" she read slowly. docs Mary
love the lamb, button hookT
"Why DO you say button hookT
asked the teacher.
picture of button hook here" re-
piled the child, triumphantly pointing
TO the Interrogation Exchange.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
Raised the Rate

The little daughter of a clergyman
stubbed her toe and said 'Darn"
'1'n give you 10 CENTS" saiJ her
father, "if you'll never say that word
again."
A few days afterward she came TO
him and said;
Papa, I've got WORD worth half
dollar"
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
Great Pie

"see here. waIterI found cellar
button In this piei'
''Didn't see nothin' of an umbrella,
did yo', boss2 Dab was one los heah
las night"
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17
SHORT BARKS FROM ALONZO
Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
And merry old soul was he.
He had Call-and that is all


old
lie a Calland that is all
That's needed
He
he
edit prne
of
death
] hink
a the other day that she wouldn't a
of
bought
fight! The ideal
Junior IN
didn't like
troubl
Mother had
know abou Il
out of he she reach
Of
They Ito
to hemy you're superior after all
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

He wouldn't his Junior his Kingdom
he
edito printed himself.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
PLATTE RIVER CHANNEL TOO
SWIFT FOR eoATMEN.

Fremont-A. n. Phinney and Alex
Bailey had narrow escape from
death by drowning in the swift south
channel OF the Platte river The men
were engaged in laying cable line
for the new ferry which is to be es-
tablished for use pending the compile
ton of the repairs on the bridge. They
We're half way across when their boat
suddenly tipped over. Phinney caught.
the cable and hung there for half
hour in the cold water, while chunks
of ice occasionally bumped him and
threatened to knock him from his
perilous position. Bailey was carried
down stream in twenty feet of water.
Once 'he sank and companions on the
shore concluded he was lost. Luckily
he was swept up on sandbar some
800 yards down stream. Phinney in
the meantime commenced crying loud
ly for help, shouting that he would be
unable to hold on much longer and
that he was so numb from the cold
that he could not swim. Both men
were rescued in a boat manned by
telephone linemen who were stretch
ing a new wire across the river for
connection with Saunders county tele-
phones.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Policemen and Whiskers,

While a Chicago policeman was es-
corting a woman to patrol wagon
the other day she suddenly turned
upon him and fastened her fingers in
his whiskers. When other policemen
succeeded in rescuing him from the
perilous position into which she had
forced him against the side of the
patrol wagon the woman held two
handfuls of whiskers and the officer
bore a striking resemblance to a
partially picked chicken 1t is not
surprising that, instead of accompany
ing the prisoner to the station. the
policeman hurried to barber shop.
and unless he wears them for the pur-
pose Of hiding weak chin or protect
ing a sensitive throat we may suppose
that he will give up his whiskers. at
least until such time as he may retire
on a pension. Whiskers may be all
right il their wearer is able to choose
his environment. but policemen should
try to get along without them.-Chi
cago Record-Herald.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19

most picturesque rock Of the valley.
and whose point, in form of an
obelfsk. reaches height of more
than 1000 meters. At it's left the falls
OF the same name, which are active
only during the summer, feeding from
the melting snow, and such is the
strength and volume of the water
rushing down that at the foot of the
rock has been followed out a deep
ravine. Then, there are the fall of
llhlouette, which waves gently like
ribbon i'll the air; the Nevada Falls,
one of the most beautiful, whose cur
rent rushes down with tremendous
noise; the lovely Vernal Falls, which,
In the midst of a landscape supremely
enchanting, seem a broad sheet OF
silver, and many other imposing rocks
that appear like gigantic sculptures
modelled by the Titans of mythology.
1t is difficult to say which is the
best period of the year in which to
see the valley, since in each season
it possesses its own peculiar attrac-
tons. In summer, naturally, the vege-
tatfOn is in ali its vigor, the cataracts
are innumerable. But in the winter
the valley assumes an aspect SUI
premely imposing, which leaves in the
mind of the traveller an imperishable
impression.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
PAPER IS BELOW PAR
SAYS FAITH HAS NOT BEEN KEPT
WITH WESTERN MEN.
TEXAS MAKES THAT CHARGE
Complains That Men Dependant on Ir-
rigation Projects Have Been
Imposed Upon-DeniaI of
Butter Trust.
TEXAS MAKES THAT CHARGE

Washington.-Repre Smith
told the house ways and means COM
mittee Monday that thousands of dol
lars in government Certificates of
Indebtedness" issued in connection
with various irrigation projects, were
being circulated in the west at so
cents on the dollar. The paper repre-
sented ranchers' pay for work done
on projects, and which they were al
lowed by the government to exchange
for land when the irrigation projects
were completed. AS the projects have
not been completed, the holders have
been forced, he declared, to discount
the paper in order to buy the neces-
saries of life. MIR. Smith urged ia
vorable action on the bill before the
committee for the issuance of $30,000,-
600 in government certificates of in
debtedness to complete irrigation pro-
jects. Representative Morgan of Ala
bama and Kinkaid OF Nebraska also
argued for the bill.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
INDIAN CHIEFS NOVEL GIFT
Maiden Cannot Be Found to Claim
"eeaver Foot''-Maii Clerk An
ticiPate Bad Luck.

Somewhere in South Dakota lives
mighty chief, copper-skinned as are
the braves he has led through the
wars OF a lifetime. Somewhere in
Minnesota lives a daughter of fairer
race, a pale-faced maiden, whom the
post Office clerks are trying to find.
and thus far they have been unsuc-
cessful, for the hand of the mighty
warrior is not skilled in the art of
the white mans pen.
Chief High Eagle of the Sioux had
trapped beaver, and, remembering
some kind word or smile bestowed
upon him in the past, he had made
from the fiat paw of the animal a
purse heavily beaded, with his totem
worked into the tough hide of the
foot. Wrapping it carefully in coarse
brown paper, he scrawled the name
upon the outside and mailed it, and
that is why the inquiry department
OF the St Paul post office had an un-
usual find to record in the mail sacks.
Not that they were surprised, for
anything may turn up in the inquiry
department, but they are grieved be-
cause the big chief made his return
address legible. A beavers foot, as is
well known, has got it all over that
of the rabbit for genuine good luck,
and yet it must be sent away Send.
ing away an amulet is worse than kill
ing black cat.
I'VE have had enough luck, any
way" said one of the clerks. 1--WE
are thankful if we can tell the names
! of the articles which come in
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Street Railway Bonds,

The Lincoln Traction company, hav-
ing certified to the state railway COM
mission that it cannot sell it's proposed
issue of $253 1863 of bonds for more
than $92 on the 500, has been author
lied by the commission to make the
sale at less than par. The bonds are
to pay for improvements. The COM
mission has authorized the Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Rail.
way company to sell $1,5OO,OOO OF
bonds acquired by the purchase of the
Superior Short Line and to issue $73,-
900 of new bonds for construction in
Wisconsin.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
inquiry Into Omaha Water.

Washington.-Resp to re-
quest from the governor of Nebraska,
Mr.. Hiles, assistant secretary of the
treasury, has directed Passed Assis-
tant Surgeon l.. l.. Lunsden, of the
public health and marine hospital SER
vice, to proceed to Omaha to confer
with the city authorities and make an
investigation regarding the contamina-
ton of the water supply there and to
advise as to the proper means for
remedying existing conditions and
preventing the further spread Of ty-
phoid.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
comino Events in Lincoln.

March IA and 15-Nebraska county
option convention.
March Is, 16 and 17-South Platte
laymen's missionary association con-
vention.
March 16-Nebraska butter and egg
dealers association will meet.
March 17-Mass meeting of women
in connection with the laymen's mis-
sionary convention at st. Pauls NJ. q.
church.
March %, 90, "A and 25-scottish
Rite reunion.
March 80 and 3O-Nebraska conser-
walton and development congress.
March 3O-Ceremonial session OF the
A. A. o. OF the Mystic Shrine.
May 10, II and 12-Nebraska state
medical association.
May 3, 4 and NEBRASKA electrical
association.
May 10, 20 and 21-Sons of Herman
grand lodge.
May %, "a and 25-State press assoc
citation.
June IA, Is and 16-Nebraska post
masters association.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Mccook Students Strike.

McCook.-For some time the seniors
of the McCook high school have been
demonstrating against the "despotic
rule" of the superintendent and prin-
cipal and following the suspension of
three of the class for no satisfactory
reasons the whole class quit school.
The majority of the class will com
plete the school year elsewhere.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Change in Telephone Rates.

The state railway commission has
permitted the Camp Dewey Telephone
company to increase rates at Creigh-
ton and Niobrara. The new rates be-
come effective April 1. The price of
individual phones has been increased
from $1.75 to So a month";, residence
phones remain the same at slips, and
farm phones are to be increased from
$1.25 to $1.50.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
PREPARING for Summer Session.

Peru.-President Crabtree is put
ting forth every effort to make the
summer session the largest in the his
tory Of the school. Circulars have
been sent out all over the state tc
superintendents, teachers and high
school graduates, outlining the work
and calling attention to the summer
school bulletin which is now in press.
Many students have already applied
for information, rooms are being en-
gagged and every thing points to very
successful session. Plans have been
completed for commencement work,
which will begin Wednesday, May %,
ending with commencement day. May
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Ministers Oppose Sunday Baseball

Ministers Oppose Sunday Baseball.
Fremont-Simultane with the
decision OF Fremont baseball fans to
enter the state league, Fremont's
ministerial association has decided to
invite Evangelist BILLY" Sunday to
come to Fremont for series OF revi-
val meetings. The chief reason for
the ball league management insisting
that Fremont is necessary to the state
league organization is that Sunday
games may be played here. The min
listers are opposed to baseball on that
account
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
To Vote on Initiative.

Hastings initiative and refer
endum will be presented for accept
ance or rejection by the voters OF
Hastings at the annual spring election
on April S. A petition having sigma
lures of persons of over Is per cent
Of the total vote OF the city has been
filed with the city clerk, asking that
the voters be given an opportunity to
accept or reject the same.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Gettinq Around a Strike.

st. Louis.-To forestall strike Of
all union painters in this city, set for
Tuesday, the master painters associa-
ton has discharged more than I 500
men who refused to continue work at
the old scale of SO cents an hour. The
painters are asking SIS cents an hour
for an eight hour day, and conferences
with the master painters. have proved
fruitless as the employers declare they
will not accede to the demands.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Prices Still CLIMBING.

Cleveland, O.-Hogs were quoted at
s11.05 per hundred pounds at the
stock yards Monday, a record price
here.
ST. Joseph, Mo.-The top price for
hogs at the South st. Joseph market
Monday was $1O.65 per hundred, which
is 10 cents higher than the record
price made last week.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19

bird creek seeking for more remuner-
ative fur fields. But on returning one
day to their tent, they found every
thing had been burned up, including
their catch of furs worth twenty dol
lars. The high wind had scattered
the fire from their camp stove, en-
failing a loss of all.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19

The convicts are named Tucker, Bdx-
ter, Story, Chivers, Miles, Covington,
Prince, Rodgers and Hunter. They hid
the shirts under their clothes before
they left the work shop. The warden
reports a total of 437 prisoners in the
penitentiary. He received 5000 for
the board of United States prisoners
in February
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
A INDICATED Poet,

The duchess always loses at
bridge. She never gets a good heart
hand"
"Yes." answers Mrs. Flimgilt. "she
says being a duchess doesn't compen-
safe her for her Ill luck, and that the
poet knew what he was talking about
when he said: Kind hearts are more
than coronets.' '"-Washington Star.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
1ranners Lost Money.

Lyons-Walter Barker and Eddie
Rseich. two young trappers- OF this
place, met with dire disaster this
week. The boys, who have made quite
a snug sum of money trapping. gath
cred up their tent, traps. bed, best
clothes and grub enough to last two
weeks and went over on the Black
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
A Cue.rious Fact.

II notice that the Chinese have dis
covered q new comet"
"Yes. but they don't speak Of it as
having q tail"
"Of course not. A Chinese comet
has q ue"-6t. Louis Star.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
convicts steal Shirts.

Nine convicts at the state peniten-
tiary lost thirty days good time" each
during February for stealing shirts
from the factory where they are en-
ployed under a contract between the
state and the Platt Shirt company
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Hiqh Mark for Bank Deposits

Secretary Royce of the state bank
ing board has completed consol1-
dated report showing the condition OF
state banks at the close of business
February IL. It shows total OF $71,-
991, ,762 on deposit, the largest amount
in the history of Nebraska state banks
The number of banks reporting was
664; depositors, 229,28S; average re-
serve, 80 per cent.
Compared with the report of Noven-
Der 16, 1909, the number of banks re-
porting has increased 2; loans and dis
counts increased $1,310,000; deposits,
increased $4,7OS, 900. The average re-
serve has increased from 26h per cent
to 80 per cent, being double the legal
requirements at the date of this re-
port.
Compared with the report Of one
year ago the following increases are
found: Loans and discounts, $8,074.-
600; deposits, $5,OO0,000 The legal re-
serve mas decreased 3 2-3 per cent
There has been an increase in the
year of twenty-nine banks reporting.
The wageworker., 1910-03-19
Erect Historical Monument.

Kearney.-The Fort Kearney chap
ter. Daughters of the American Revo-
luton. have had placed at a point just
south of the city large Barre granite
monument to mark the place where
the old Oregon trail crossed Central
avenue. The stone is red granite and
is rough hewn with the exception OF
one side which bears the following in
scriution: "The first stone erected in
Nebraska to mark the old Oregon
trail, 1811-1869, dedicated by the Fort
Kearney chapter, Daughters Of tae
American Revolution, Kearney. Neb.,
February IA, 1910"
The wageworker., 1910-03-19

UMEROUS are the descriptions
that have been published of
the Yosemite Valley, but none
is complete. nor will pen ever
express in adequate manner
Evening journal., 1910-02-23
SEEKS
NEW CHARGE

After five years pastorate at Harri-
son Street NJ T.. Church. tho Rev. Dr. c.
r. Wyatt has asked for change. At the
close OF the morning service on Sunday he
said:
AFTER careful and I trust prayerful
consideration. / feel that the time has
come for me to ask you to excuse me
from further service in this charge. after
the close of the present conference year.
Of the Bishop Is willing to relieve me. OF
course. Bishop Hamilton will have tho
final word, and I shall so where ho sends
me. shall make my desire known to
District Superintendent Mowbray. who in
turn will apprise Bishop Hamilton Of my
desire You are. therefore. at liberty, to
take whatever steps you may deem wise.
looking toward pastoral supply, and I
hope you may be divinely guided.
IT thank the board sincerely for tho in
vitation TO return. and l thank you all
for your kindness to me during my pas
torate."
MT Wyatt came TO Harrison Street Nj.
E. Church from Niddletown, in 1906, and
his pastorate has been very successful
one.
Evening journal., 1910-02-23
THIRD DEGREE
FOR SEYLER

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j.. Feb. 25.--
Que in the black lonesomeness OF tae
wave washed million dollar pier, Will
liam seyler. in the dark hours OF the
early morning, rehearsed the death Of
Jane Adams. the girl ne is accused Of
numbering. Surrounded by detectives
he stood opposite the ariling that he
claims the girl backed over u her
death, and in a tense an dstrained
voice related the quarrel that preceded
her death.
If the police expected 10 frishten
Seyler into any startling admissions,
by forcing him to reheaJ-ae the trag-
edy in the gloomy nignt they failed
dismally. Despite us evident regret
over the girls death he preserved a
stolid indifference as he told how thu
girl backed away from him, torpieC
over the -ail and plunged with a scream
into .de water below. He told of rush.
i;s down the side ladder and oiolSins
= in vain fr the body TO rise.