, 1879-07-02

fTGl1 Ct tiFrcc1tIy,' JAcdItlc8 thar ;Es@icEtljal
Il Is u frn1,I;, nmiahlc, oues, cot.nfena You
'an tell at urt lian i!,c 'nvcntur is no. All c,u.
:1tcd tnut, in t11p ordinary meaning Of the term;
md, ~ said bclure, ,Ig steaks with atrong |
!urtl'.u,untrv tcccnt, a many inventors have
WhiIo iic automatic inachfncs wcro speeding
~. a"i girls werc carrying oa the produce 10
the warehouse below, hfr, ntnus, under my H. |
told int
THE srnsr or MS LIFE.
~ havb tccn At this business" he aald,
Working out thc endsess-bantl principle for
csirrt,l to mu when was 9 years old, at QueeDs-
ioro.vh In Yarkshlre, when I worked for Eos |
tcr tss. y Co.. a!paea manufacturers. Ny father
vas Hofstel manufacturer. he died when
'1'e, work. out Of Kindness to my
mother. 1 wss simmer, and my expe.
r!cnee, as lad, Ut ihc trouble Of knots ia
tle binds. led tne 70 think OF one TINT should
mission 70 t,c employed ii tho dcsIgntng-roon'.
did odd Jobs for .,,e designers, ran errands.
nnd attended to little matters Tor them. 1T
night. .hen got home, used to try and do
ny attic, sometimes nearly al! plpht, aud after
two years showed what Guild do. Tic mag
lers and designers wunldn't htlcye Il was my
work, but soon proved TINT. am .eiE.edu-
snss Il TT ispSs %sf Ssss,nS s9pent
To tuauagc a concern as deslZner and head man
orer weayers. TOOK situation In That capac.
lty at eutcliffe's. nenr Bradford. In six months
left thrrc n,ul ,scnt TO one OF the largcst s,lk
nlls ln EngIand, at Manchsster, IN connection
with the weaving OF aflk t1amask, trimmings,
and tablc-covcrs. After twelve month"; / re-
turned to Bradford, and took situation at liar.
Ercavcs Il Shploy's a. designer mil manager.
trads. stad there eiRlsesn months, ard then
aet up "a q public designer: hut It WAS not long
before commenced to manufacture fancy drcsA
goods on my own account. established I bual-
noss, and tl.en began to
wonK OUT Mr YOUTHFUL IDEAS,
The notions had had when mere boy, chiefly
in regard TO endless banl!s. 1t seemed to inc,
apart from tile practical vaiue for spinning ard
other purposes, there was trade IL be t1onc IN
wtntlow.cords. bell and fancy ropes, md eord
trimmings. The cnd1ess-hatid scheme ACCOM-
plisllct], set to work making An endless 0rna-
mental cord bY machine to ruu night and day
una.tcndetl-corl Ut evctT description and cnrl-
bfnation of cotors al.d design. NJ 1fscovcry wan
too great ns one nav sar. found tiMt could
world could use. So set ahout to deal with
tits surplus. applyn. Il Il. ribbon IND otllrE
trimmings for ladies' dresses iackets. paleso!R.
tuAnties, hats, wtnduw.euftans, nnd many other
chino to the :nanufactnro Of diamond yarns,
1nth IN silk aslH wool, ~ be 1uaau tn1o nll Kinds
ut knitted. plated, mil woven tahrfcs. thus nro-
lucis,g an entire novelty. WHICH tout tl!c high
est prizes at Farts for tamt class Of exhibits
liert the Inventor conducted MT to 4 lnWer
room, where fulnd eericA I'll urdipary wear
iMg.mac1lsuss wor.sa. up In hroau ftn.ths for
pttttconss. trimmings. nnd Other purposes al
kinds ami szes Of the sEpn cords turrrd out III
Tue ru0sn abuye, tEc rchult hc!HE some very
PRETTY combinations; ami III l'c next apartment,
which Is the warehouse, found
LARGE QUANTITIES OF GOODS
being packed for ContInentsln nia utscr markets.,
such M fAn-hn1tcrt, male IN OF shtrt lengths
Of tg,nmants OF cord. eslrt lrtntDoops. s'ikcn neck
lets. bel1-pllls, clo'he6. rc., dress trimmings.
tnacassart, aud ottrr goMls endless spindle
bl,tls, end1css window.surdB, md sasb-ltncs,
Paris had scnt somc largo ur1era for Eoous,
which Bnlns Is now Abta IN supply at lcss slla.l
half the prize af any other house in tho trade.
was told that recently nty.cfght large cases
uf rariuua ornamental and other goods lial
been tnsle and packed atld sent by tralh In less
than tlnv.
as We parted until night-for wanted to sec
Or lear tue mil at wurt alonc-l said to Binns:
" liavc you Ind many vlsltorst"
Not maily." Au answered.
Any press inenf"
'tOne or tEo.''
Have lhcy written about The mfll7n
"Tes; The Bradford Chronicle had 4 short
notice; that was tlr first; little paper called
Thr;f said something about 1t; and tic -nerca"-
. e T. etsas r. + L0uaou journal has sent down1 +"
"No great engineering paper or trade maya.
zine1"
Sons. r. s';; only those Pre- mentioned, that
| when returned to Low Mour. Tile country wns
lighted by tho blaze Of thr great pfe aud ot!ier
| isou-,naking works. It Was strange. weird
illumination. cloudy night, the sickly tlan,ts
were Gtt4l and III curious compositions With
| lsouscs. made nY way from tho Lt,w
| Moer depot. alapg the toau and agaisl
| kns,rked at Mr. Binns' door, Nc walked 10 The
| mill. The furuace.llgut. were nu& some dis.
| tance hohinl lis. Bluusf mill 10 III the midst q!
| fields nu1 meadows, awav on shc edge ot Low
| sloor hustle. In the distance beyon1 there arc
| woods anr bills. d. thc mill there runs 0
| North Country brock. II flows under low
bridge by the inanutactory, which il handsome
stono structure. The oneinc-huu,c IL outside
The mill, The shafting butng connected FROM
tile exterior, 80 that the works arc not in'
yalctl bY engineer or stokcr. as wu AZ
proachtd fhe. mil through thr darkness: the
above the gurg'fng OF the brook. Wc sat on TIL
bridge. The dark outline Of tho mill cou.ll Ae
sccu and frum It cztne the tusy sound o. ma
Shiucry. ltwasa giant a. Nork in ttc aar!; ~
| went to tho MILL door. The business Of tho mt!
was going on ns II hundreds Of hands were en-
| ploycd. When the owncr took out the keJ
and opened the door, the darkness WINS pltchy
succeeded 10 one of Tnndcr. 4 mill at work
by itself. Une realized It hteat,hn no sounds O.
voices wcro heard. There were no girls singing
at u!eEr wor9. No men calling 10 eusl utlicr
ss Arabian Night" Presently Blnns struck .
match. We climbed tho wuuien stairs by ran
delight. Anoticr tloor waA unlocked. W'
| wers In the mAchIne'roou,. The din waa deafeu
EVERY MACHINE WAS At work,
| uclkfng away aS II for lt{c, Here Nus O. triumph