Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-30
LUCTFER MAYC1'
A Walk Through the ps,..
They nre Made--I 1s,'9|
Bieeks aretul /
Coating the splints win !!
ing and D'ppiHs-DrsinS n NJ
'he Precautions hal ~ y,


mn, Brooklyn Eiel,
Inc wood used in ihe nsso,,.
ciiers is the best pine pla0E
knots as 1t can be procured
s cut across the tibers Il
circular saw, into tweniy.tisl.
blocks, each mt asurlng w,
long, four aud one.half via.
inches thick. These blocks
into spllhts by u machine !, !.
ingenious construction. wbIrA
deaVor to explain IN va f.wwn,l
extremity of the horizoD,sI .,~
Is attached a frame Which ,,~,
aud fro with the motioo Z, |,
through a space of ABOUT ;,,a, = y
ms frame are fixed ia line &,
or forty laucets with The poip,,,
upwards, aud separated from ~
by pieces of brass. The bloet +
10 be cut Is inserted by the sn.e y
tween uprlghis and u lever pl,e,a Il
Iorces IL down to such p1sljm n
the lancet pc nts advance, lbe y
wooden block Is scored or chi /, Il
rection of or parallel wita 4. II
win as many lines Us there A..
AS the lancets are withdraw ~ 4,
tIou OF the crank, 4 scythe hs'. N
IN a horlzoutal plane swings nusI
cuts on the end Of the blocs ,ot. 4
OF the scores made by the lsue,i.
RAPiDlTY OF THE CUTTING ~
The pieces thus cut of viii svD
ioui-slded splinls, square in s,epr
POSING, as is the case, That thsl.r,L
equdlstant, aud that the m
knife cuts exactly to the dtplbdl
Get. scores. When the horlzm,sl
swings back, the bl ok from Nj N
layer of spllnts has thus been n
desyends through u space CON, /!
d' pin uf the section, the lauc,. 4
again advance and retede, and Il.
again does its work. IL III, Was n
Ting Is carried on With such, rsan|
from II TO l6 planks tacn IL lest M
inches WIDE, and 3 inches tniusena
up INTO spliuts in a day Of ten huusl
the spliuts fail off The block by III 4
II the horizontal knife, they psss Il
shoot immediately under iDIo i No.
low, where they are tied 40 into Ia.
Next comes the coating u Ra
which the match requires before hi
sulphur WAS used Tor tits purp3
quite recently, but IL now almost ii
discarded. la one OF the rooms Ia
mace employed in keeping plate d
ABOVE 1t nearly rt d hot, aud asO b
u vessel containing melted parable
Splints are brought here in hlI
placed for a moment on the hot pr
char their ends, and then dipped
parahine, not IN the vessel ilstll, hoi
A pau Win Il piece Of flannel int
above 1t, and this a nnei is keR
stantlY moist with melted paraifnt.
the ends of a bundle are placed .
flannel they suck up instanlartou,
much of tine substance as is requini
Alter this comes The iramlngi
placing the splints ON euds insldesl
ana separating each row with .
spnnt, very much as you would leaf
THIS Is done in order That a great
may he tipped and dried At once. y
frame becomes flied IL Is licked
wedge, aud ia this STATE locks liEe
square brush, the ends OF the spllp
swe ring To hairs, slIhoush coulss
ale much further apart. The spal
now tapped gently on a fiat iron pH
render tnelr ends perfectly Level, s
then ready for dipping.
A SERIES OF BIG GLUE POls'
In another room, arranged assll
wall, are u series Of nagnih d que
In those the composition Is pis
For common matches glue Is nIs'
melted; then phosphorus, chlcr Y
ash, and other iugredi' n $ are slBl
one at a time. The phosphorus y
this, being highly dangerous, Is icy
large iron tank, flied with ws'sl
covered with alt iron plate, lockea
A large irou slab Stands lear, sila
man IN front OF it VINO smears Y
vi h the composition ny ne ilis o,A
aud theu, holding u frame full y
with both hands, hrings me UPS q