Show making marbles marbles aro manufactured from tho material which gives them their name at the marblo quarries the refuse stone is broken by hand into small cubes A bushel or more of these is poured into a great revolving cylinder which is supplied with water from a faucet the cylinder is revolved at a high rate of bleed and the cubes by attrition are ground down to tho tiny spheres which give such delight to the hearts of tho boys from one to two hours are usually required to finish a lot of marbles and they are afterward sorted according to size and painted by hand the crockery marbles or potteries are molded of the same material as ordinary earthenware and are then glazed and baken the glass marbles containing images and flowers are molded |