The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-12-08
THE NEEDLE.
The Many Varieties of this Use
full Article.
Needles That Compose the
Surgeons Cruel Outfit.

A needle is q little thing, hardly
worth mentioning, in fact, but the daily
consumption of them in the United
States is 4, 200, 900. About one-si1th
of these are made in Brooklyn, but the
greater part Of tho needles we use como
from Rsdditch, England.
There are needles which all wig
makers use. They are as delicate as
hair and shaped like q fish hook.
There il tho tambour needle and the
needle for shirring machines; tho great
sail needle, which has to DO pushed with
steal palm; the knitting machine nee
die with its little latchet; the arasene
and crewel needles and the long instru-
ment which the milliners use.
Then there is the surgeons cruel out
fit, the probing needle, made for hunt
ing after bullets or internal sores; the
post-mortem needles, of various curves
and sizes; the hair-lip needle; the long
accupressurs pins, for pinning gaping
wounds in pl.cs; q! the 9sed!e' for eye,
head and body-!ong, short, curved
once, twice or three timea Then the
veterinary surgeon has his case OF
needles, too The upholsterer is q
favored man. He has needles on the
half curve, and on the quarter curve,
round points and sword points long
eyes, round eyes, egg eyes and counter
sunk eyes.
Tho cook is not left out Of this trade,
but has curious trusting needle, made
for carrying melted butter or savory
sauce night into the very heart OF
fowl or roast, being hollow and large at
the end where the butter is poured in.
There is also the Harding needle, which
sews large pieces of meat together OF
fastens bit of fat deep in lean piece
of meat. Oae of these was invented by
French chef. The other was made te
meet the demands of butchers who cook
large quantities of meat for the free
lunch restaurants, and who wish to sew
their meat into good shape, so that il
will cut we'll
The collar makers needle is not IN
like the upholsterer's. The netting
needle has little branch at each enc
and with them goes broad ''mesh" o
ivory or polished wood. The knife
point hem needle with its broad blade
was invented to suit the men at thu
Chicago stock yards. The broom max
er's needle, like the sailors has to b.
pushed with steel palm. That whicl
the millers use has q spring eye whicl
the heavy thread enters when the sid
Of the eye il pressed.
A novice could never guess how to u,'
the needle made for sewing soles o.
shoes. The glove needles are marvel
lousy fine affairs though even tn
daintiest of them have three -cornere
points. The knitting and astrachal
needles want no mention.
The needle for filling rugs has givel
place to an ingenious machine whic
does four times the work. The beadln
needle is slender and long. The ra
baler's needle has blade like leek
and is another invention made for CHI
cago. The weaver's pin for picking u
broken threads has an open eye in
hook, which catches and holds the 10;
thread firmly.
The making OF needle is very II
borious matter in Germany, France an
I England, where it is done by hand
The polishing there requires 60 or
, days. But in America it has calle
forth some of tho most interesting an
. delicate inventions in machinery
, which this country can boast. -[Graphi