The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-31
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A Talk About Needles.

"Mamma, what do they make needles
of?"s asked Dorothea, as she looked up
from her sewing.
She was a bright.eyed little girl o.
seven years, of an inquiring turn of mind
and industrious in her habits.
3 "Of wire, Dorothea," replied he'
mother. = = : So
e. "aSteel.wiref 7" : =
! eyes"
"It must be very fne?"
"It is 80 thin that $4,000 ordinary
needles cah be. made out of one pound
of the wire.a .,
aDo they make one needle at time p
mo, dear; that would be q very slow
process, and would make them rather
expensive, One hundred wires eight
feet long are placed in, bundle and cut
into proper sizes by a powerful pair Of
shears; It is so arranged that one man
can easily cnt 1000, 900 needles in day
of twelve hours"
Dorothea's eyes widened.
"How are they polished r she asked.
Il hardly Know whether can explain
the operation to you," replied her mother;
.'The needles are tied up in bundles, and
are placed in what is called the securing
machine. They are kept;in motion from
eight to tan hours. which gives them q
s;lyarv annearances sstss :fp-.s.s =.
% .sTSo o. - Seems @ s;mnla ssapolph:,' observed
Dorothea. g -,
- = 49, naI;aEsd ,.fsssumed shsr. mother.
MTSa III g han covereds sSsfth putty:
nossSs. Ss.iS sSa 81 nil Tranned IA canvas, and
p piaasS Il I : in; ;jars i1m,achinae e called the
p.aasI = 4. sb;ns Ind nrocess Is
poas slsa.s .TSaS = "a removed and
leceessay s. I i, ~ tss;n ssS yesssl filed
;eh sae nss - < 20, &c, asS !. sssstsr,,,
VIII sy.s s.s "a The oil p, Dorothea
.,ba;;s ~ 80.
asasS ssYe e. earss.Thsy, are. finally dried in
ash:wood zsawdIst, after which they are
temnared @ I u 1'sass,-..: :..;:.:9:s ~
aWbich means made brittle, don't it,
momma; pr : s.as'7 . ~
= "Tnsp ~ III 10 done bv making them
~ so S;nt, sthsn' ;nt;' o;i and after.
: ~ ,5d if, hnfSing off tba oil" 5.
!, sDorothea was .yerv much interested.
8 She lo cIossiv' sssminsd the needle which
sha lad iii her. hand.
su Mamma. = do they drill the eyes and
sharpen the needles befones1 hey temper
them q, sbe asked.
eyes. Dorothea. I was getting along
: too; fast in nv description. A clever
: : ,ynrkman M, viii drili.and polish the holes
.gnf. f.seyeItv.thousand needles q week"
:s..ssaTSai So q larpe number. mamma. Are
thew sharnened on a. siefindstone ?''
Gyea y ~.
e l0na nee,le at a time ?n
ooh no. An expert grinder will hold
twenty-five IF the wires at once against
the stone. presenting all their points by
a dexterous movement of the thumb p 5, s,
Dorothea pushed her inquiries. - -. 80;
aWhere are needles principally made,
mauma9n
IT. Padd;tnb ANAL town near Birm.
.;noha,n in Enpland. It is the great
nsstss aftha needle. trade. and e may be
ss;J % list a. + i bas s,annlied the whole world
ie.siI fer aImost two @ hundred years. Ninety
m;,l;nns Of needles. are turned out every
lwaessD s.ji1Ti 4. ijl f<fes
% r. was q larger number than Dorothea's
/. MIND conld grasp.l = i;;.2 5''e'
aH;d thew ma needles in old times 2"
che o.Saa -, Z.
ons yTSev' TsaS ara mentioned by some very
o,d vr;tarsI The beautiful Babyionian
eiobInidsries am which were often made out
Q o6f said thlesd we're wrought with nee.
ales. Tie body Of the Wife Of the Emperor
,Honorilis. whose grave Was discovered at
Rome in 1874. was wrapped up in, an
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