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Show WAK..3UXS WANDKIUNtiS. About Kl.AlTirUlitro lotteries nj Polk. It f.n I :, i:neUml, I'cb. IS, IStll. HtaflurdsMro, tlio principal (cat of the Ktiglltli potteries, la mi Inland county, lying isear tlio center ofl.iur land. Iionn mul narrow, oinellihie; likes thombua In form, It icporitcalhe four midland counllraof l)crl U Inn. ter, Warwick and Worcestershire, on the east, troni tin two Imjurtnut went cm thlrctof Clu-tlitio andHhropshlrr, nml eitou Is north and south, one.flfih tlio length of the kingdom, It hat no great place In history. The old inonki we tv not attracted to It M union In which to lulM splondld abbe. Antlipiarlana have not foiiud much In It to wrangle over. It has limplrul lllllo In romance ml song. No ono ever come to It n second llimilorlts beaut)-, 1'urblil-dliigandunfrrtllohllls 1'urblil-dliigandunfrrtllohllls merge Into flat Act! monotonous meadows tuthn south. Along. Iti mldlla reaches nra tho coal lli, And tho ntr forge with the ills-mil ills-mil thundcrlugs. In the north, even cm comely than tho south, begin Ihe bleak, baro elevations of lluustirand Wcevcr, lliu true l.ngllth moorlassila which stretch, with varying height and dreariness, north through the rutin ru-tin kingdom, spreading Into tho wild antl deaolnto mountain innor of York ihln, Durham and Northumberland, until loalamong tho niMa of Hcotlahc. uhkh saar nml atveep above Ihe mournful Yarrow nnd munnuroui Tweed. It has a few rominon lace alrrams; one llitlu lake, measured by yards; nml one rlrer, tlui Trent. th third In tire ami extent In I.nglaud, though iinnavl gable, which sitings from little New. tool, mar lllddulph at Ihe eslge of Cheshire, flows southeasterly through the entire shl.-c: but wltn never a glen to Invite legend, nor a iaicade-lo make or Inspire aoni. Two tinman roads or military woes, Walling Htrcet ami Itknlcld Hired, Intersecting, cross Iho shirr from last lowest, 11 you will tramp to tho lamgwynd Hills, over In Hhropshlre, yoii can trace the trackway worn while anil liaru to tlisj eternal stone, over which Iho lloniaiis brought etippllea of pottery, ISisi years ao, from the Hevern Valley anil Htallord-ahlrr, Htallord-ahlrr, to their nillltarystallonssoutli mul southwest of ancient I'llconlum. At least the tiirli.ua oil booka will bravely tell you that la how the huge, bleached furrow jou will two was dug thrtaigli the gone, anil hnrr-lrll4 of the wild anil uulovcly waste. Ih Iter ways than thcwi now traverse, thv shlrp. Canals grcaiu along valleys, glisten atovo vlailucta ami netrate mountains, moun-tains, nuking seanoru of eveiybusy town; ami with tie railways Ihey hive cut oM Stafford Into more curious patterns than u graitdaiii'a "broken llih,'paUh.wolk iplllt. Tho ahlre was ouco all forest land. That waa not long ago. Hut they aa eit III Blalionlshire that all Huso old forctta new felled nml tlio whole rhlre formerly niailo lre, simply to lire the oM faehlonrd ovens. Out of these raiuu llietyg, vm.'t-cunml pott of the Ihimati time, when huge, strong inuea wen good enough fur drlnklng-eeir I-jsis, tlio Delft, pitchers ami twriing era or thn Norman irlod, down to even those marvtlous arhtrvrnicula of the Wedgwood lime, when the vice 1 Jlirbcretil, or Portland, vaauwas not only duplicated bu( exccllc-d lu fifty wonelrous copies. Thm came the era of coal and clay In Htallord-shirr, Htallord-shirr, or more roerly sklug of Wedgwood, day ami coal. Hometutly has computed that yuucould walk on rockery overall the area of htallunt. thlro wlili h lomiilsia ubout 7tH),isai acreaof land, If all that iver went out oflheshlrocoiild belirought back and set down piece by plicuwllhlu It. Hut without one pilmovat tlec, alij with room for but fiw nlliers nave In arks an I denmnia of the nobility and laitter gentry, Htaflordshlre la still a fori.t; In the south and center a mighty fori! of chlmniya where coal and Iron tuJIewly bum and fuse and pollute the laud from ilsnilug taverns i tho frit of levlatliLI tlmt-lrunka of brick, from whoe toj oversprtaillng arms of smoku wheel and turn Willi the wind, and the bhsicd sunlight rarely flltira through tlulr thick and sulphurous ill llksi foliage. In tlm nartti, still a forest of chlmurya In the Tottery Ills trlct so dense, hero with the great oLiisat their feet looking llku niotia. trouaten-pluaofglauta, that standing liithotowcroflhooldrhurt hat Hi nicy, the iiielroIUoflhepolterlea,through the stacks of Tunisia!., Ilurslem, Mil. . ton, Iluckuall, lrfiugton, rltoke-oii- Trent, II enfiird, I.auol.ml, IViikhull. Nemnstle and l.lrurla, jou cannot clearly drfluu lu half a down liny itathednaryliorlton-lliu'. This hideous transformation, out of I which such nut utilitarian sloris ami iiuutleM articles of U'auty have mror, lias Uu the work of llttlo more than a century. Pottery wolk of ,100 years ago ran bo dellultijy traced to Ilurslem. Tho town was then known aa n butler lottery, that Is, a lot. tery where iU for kctplng but-ttr but-ttr were made. Then lu ll, aknr ranie twolngrnloua llollandtra nainul i'.ltr. Thi liitrmlmeda uiwforniof ulaie seiunil by sunrflclal vltrlllia-tlouof vltrlllia-tlouof tho clay III rougull.oup.'iheated fumra of common suit. The Klcraalsu brought to Htatlbril tho ungUard nil Chin i metlioil from tlio tut. This waa all vi ry wonderful at that lime, but by ami by lilto v. are made Its iim-unnmoo through u arcldeiihil Ulscuvery. (In a Journey to Iindou, one of the IturslMii ttcrs had powdered Hint recommended by an lliu hostler, rjr his hoiso'a tllsonlcriil ejcu. To iiiorti aslly iiuherlw It, a Hint stouo was thrown luto the lire. The wlter saw that ihe llamu changed It to a mire while. Hint stones wi re galherul In the south of England, suit to Hianonlahlm lu large iiuatitltlw, mlsed with tohnrcu. bltai ilay, and tiro while stonoHare waa produced. The crushing and grinding mills for pulvirlsluir flint. ralilnirU like flour with watir, and serving It with akle of any desltid eenslsteitey, were only a mutter of time, lhoil, III 1TU.1, Joslah Wlilg. wco I pi rfectoJ larthonware for tho table whoso first delicate crium color Is so attractive to collictora wlilcli so ploasid the lluein, that shu gave to It her im ami alronagr. The word iMtin waa sUuiil lu all these tnr. Ilriice''CJuiensaro"cf thataudthe present Hum. Kollowlng tills, tame tho most brilliant caricr over tiilujiHl ly manufacturer. The lory reads llko an Arabian Night's tale. 'Ibis oneinan Wedgwood, not a liarncd man from llie tolleglato itaml rJ, a cripple through a malignant Uls rase In youtb. and not one who had Inheiltrd rllte or suUUnce, svemril ! the audacious originality of all real genius, luconcilvable patkure and, aliove all, tinswirlng binily to true art. With them qu-illtlea he an wedded art to ttflm-d progro nnd utlb lly that there waa reiovircd from (he whole sweep of Ihe known last everything cf true Uauty that had been revealed to the nltr. With niimlouarapllliyof conception, development, de-velopment, appllcatluii and adapll. blllty, he not only ricovtred and re created what nwniod Irrrf laciutile, but establlshtil In i uJure new standards lu Hie noblest Ideals pwalblo lo leramlo art. Inaword, 3l canturlm of ait if. foil were by his brain and hand con central! d Into 60) cats of Incomparable creations. More womhiful than lila own work, taste kei t nbreat of his e. ulslto revelations. Neatly a century has llacd since he died here at (he IHrursn he built. To l exact, It la Just SO ) ears. Hut In all this Int. rim of progress, no added i reclous Hcrtt In ceranilca has leii Ulsclose.1. 1 1 almost seems that Ihla waa the ouo man pre. destined to come and throw open wide the door usiti their i xituUlteinyster lea. It Is no wonder that single lnea from Ids hind ore now woith the value of a king's crown. llul all this Is well known. Weilge. womI Is burletl In tlio modist church yard over there at choke. There Is no cvuotai h or column aliovo his crave, lait his niomimvnt Is lu tviryn fined homo throughout Ihe woild. It la also III the cointhte relials-atue of one cf the most Useful, rmlurlng and luvtly of all tho arts. II Is visibly and prarll rally here lu Htanord.hlrr In (his gn at cluster of tiotkry toveais and cllhs, housing fully EuO.tKX) peoples "nJi In thuoull)liig villages, nnl through Iho last outreathos and Interchangea of the tjtaflunlshlre tliry trade, which alone supiairts more than half a million souls. And U-st of all, lo lis, II Is In tho reduj llcatlon In our American cities of these great lelkblhlumiits, where our own labor and our own rat.. Italaroiuaduolly aru,ulrlog such skill and rewards that, beioro a new century shallcumr, thoiieservlng fame of our own rcranilo art shall vie with that of any land. Hut time Is ollur lnterrt lu the lotteries than that ruuiirrtt! with their mercantile facts an I tlgurrs with their extraordinary alt dsvtlo mcnt,couiitlllDg (ho e tnj loynictit of the most noted and skillful decorative artlsta In Kurupr; or even Willi these lewllderliig showrooms of tile, an, pisijurs, cindelabra.statetableM rvlcca, e bltuney.pleceit, niultlfarlous etvleaiaa. tie diootatlous, Klruicaii embellMt luenli, inamels, cabluet'setllngs,plattl ill loiiitsi, Hamoa bowls, seala, ralli fs, tni'dallious, cameoa and lulaghoa with out end In variety anl number. This la In the eery-day life, habits, aspirations, aspira-tions, eharartiraud amusements of the (toltrra Uiemsvlvcs. I lylleve not a kindlier, more comfortable com-fortable or intended, folk live, than thoeHtailordshlre dtteis. Thirunro e-i'onomlo re asous for this w hlch A luer-lean luer-lean manufacture ra ctaild study with pront. That cnrsnl piracy upon labor, the "truck systiiu," la unknown here. While rlealry Utwicu inanulactiiivra Is of thu keenest, uunr)lug pruvlslou lainadeagaliist erlodB of depression; so that at all Hmea there lauubrokeii sustentatlon of labor. If slight reduction Is uver nceistary. It Is only lnthe'uaiiUty prodiuaal. Wojes, Invariably by (ho "pine1," aie novsr retluced. l.very tiitly etueevvry man Is uld him each riaturday noon. The result la, workmen aresure of certain locomi'. Thlsjust and humane treatment treat-ment mal.ee good citizens and com fultable homes any white. Hut the universal good liatute of the HUIfold-shite HUIfold-shite letters Is attributed by the iiim I ve-e to a curious httrdllaiy belle f. "Working "Work-ing In earth," thty say, makes men "easy-lnluded." There aro preen rveil luanysuuny lc turea of the tuaatcr.puttcr'a lioiuo lu Ihe I7lh and lath centuries. The genial gen-ial autocrat of pitchers. Jugs ami porringers por-ringers of that time, whose workmen lived In tuatehed liovtla not lit for swluc, were each suwd to exist In an ami lo Hiatrheel ami tlmbvreil dwelling dwel-ling with eh ep eaves and leaded eat-units, eat-units, bull! agalui.t, or around, (ho ibwork llsolf. You tnlerrd tllher from (he slnet or the garden a roomy house place or kitchen. I n a gable next the pol-w wk waa a caiaclous chimney place, and np.tte this .was Ihe ar. luur. Thu liouseilaee had llaivndrr-oua llaivndrr-oua settle, lis luthcri-ourcd. easy, chair, aalielcddrcser,clock aud la blee. Ilehlml tlm Uremer the rrato-r.an'a rrato-r.an'a scores were chalked; and ou the dresser shel ve a w i re dlsi la) eel lliu luaster-I Ire ea of Ihe ttei'i an of that lime, rinug and comfortable aa all this waa, you tan llitd 10,0ikl homeeof potter workmen, within a five-mile radius ra-dius of Henley, where the ooii'st lulttr of Iho district Uvea as snugly as his ini.ti r pri'dniwr. Ilia cottage la of brick. It has two slorlca, ami the blessing of irfcct drain age. Uu the ground-Hour are a pallor with a pretty II re-plaie, a large Ih lug-room iruvldrd with a huge crate, hobaanel "Jovkylsjt' for wlnic-In.! wlnic-In.! ta and kettles; and lhlud this la a scullery, Willi a Hue little garden or Ihe rear. The urpe-r lloor comprises lu large sleeping rooms, 'this glvra every ottcr-fainlly here a five-roomed, euiiii le lily detacheel house and ganleu, Onlfnary workmen earn Ihe jear round from W to30shllllnga weekly. If there hapti to be daughters, one may bu a "lalutriM," coloring iho cbiaivrwarea and earning eight shll. lings, ami rha another a "burnlkli-ei" "burnlkli-ei" earning six shillings per wi-ok. Many families thus secure 9. to 40 shillings par week; whllo the jltir'a rent and rateado not cieeyl Sti thll lings r month for such a home. Many of tbeve homes have area How c r-plals. r-plals. Id thu gardens of all are marcs of How era and vluea In summer, l.very itler'a rlor must havulta solemn-Milce-el "graudlather'a eloik." II alMotsHuta chests of linen, drawers of cnnifottable elotlilng, ami mauy clieapuiidprelly lece or fumllurr; while on (he mantel or lurtaulop Is almijs found some fanciful sketch, iMlnllng rr curious model,arlalnlng to the tter's vocation; Hie rriullofrmii. jatluu lo win prlteafor Invention lu uuvr processes, or for utilejue and original ilrrlgna In niodilltigaiiddecor- The potter's dally roullno Is au uu-eventful uu-eventful one. At; In the morning ho leaves home, "IVmniy" or "snap'n" (his breakfast, dinner, or l-utli) In a red rotlon handkeiehlef In one hand, ai.d lu tho other, Ida "ean"of eollei', which ho heats on the " ol" that li used In drying Ihe waro U-fore butn lug, lie wurka little or much, at will, from thoopeiilng of Ihe pottery galea at il lu tho morning, until the same hour In the evening, when he ii turns home to tea. This iiie-al consists of bread, butter and tea, with any handy Irllle led over from the homo minis of thu clay; lut always al-ways iMliidce, lu season, cre-ss radishes or unions, from bis lit He garden. Ills work la vudleaily hot and dusty, and be "hungers for green thlngs"evir. Alter Ilia evening meal, ho la found, until l.line, at the labile house, or with groups of hie fcl-Iowa fcl-Iowa at the street tornern, or In the inaikel place, grinning at mountebanks mounte-banks or unctuously Joining In the si rvlcea of the "rialvatlonlste," If devoutand de-voutand however much these men frequent Ihe "iuI," they are nearly all enthu'lattl? Wtleyana en Hun. days tiny are found at prayer meeting liforu breakfast, at ciunday school again In thu nfternonii, and at service at Bin tho evening, lletween 4and0, on summer Bunuay afternoons, with their families they will iiiimlsr a round 10O,msi,slrollfngaloig thu clayey roeds and lanes. Their elioJecl, somewhat similar to that e.f the lowly of Cheshire-, Is worthy of Illustration. An old la ly, Impatient of what she conceived lu be my "isilart" bookleli a) In arriving ar-riving at ixact Information, remarke-d to ine wllh some show of s frits "Thilgh thinkst Iheyt rumbuddy, wllh llielgbtdlmonary nou.ense. Hut Ol thenkst Ihelght a rrg'hr feu (foo; fool)'" A poller will greet a fellow Willis "Well, Tumi rum), lad, baa dew?" "llai dowT,' Is the invariable answer. "Ill" Is universally used for "she;" aiiddigreesof tiearniM are Indlcateil by "It's aynur nearer)" anl "It's aymest nearest." The following 'conversation, 'con-versation, which 1 caught from two potter "throwers" at their work on a Kalunlay morning, regarding a pns i tlvu vhll to tlm la) home-, of which tliey are all ery fond, Is aa gooel an Illustration as can le glv en of matron!-shlra matron!-shlra dialect among the level): "We'itgoln'l'uighlJ" "Well, w'llaaaylseltrtulii' t' ili7 "Well, w'ata Ihclghron?" "King Illck." "N w 'als t' alle r-i-e-yce lolke?" "Well, Ol ennna Just lememUr naa. Hut 01 ilate ty ct 'II U a pror good fe arc-o." "W er shall wo iiielght (tuecl)?" "OI'll savy Ihelgh 'I thecny-ter dcoar," "AyeMhalt'llilew," "OI'll bo llnell" llPelAII I WAKUIAN, |