The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-08
The Needle OF To-day.

The needle rs q little thing, hardly
worth mentioning, in fact, but the daily
consumption of them in the United
States is 10000 About one-sixth Of
these are made in Brooklyn, but the
greater part OF the needles we use come
from Redditch, England.
There are needles which all wig-mak-
ers use. They are as delicate as hair
and shaped like n fish hook. There is
the Tambour needle for shirring ma
chimes; the great sail needle which has
to be pushed with a steel palm; the knit
ting machine needle, with its little
latchet; the arasene and crewel needles
and the long instrument which the mil
liners use.
Then there is the surgeons cruel out
1T, the probing needle, made for hunting
after bullets or internal sores; the post
norton needles, Of various curves and
sizes; the hair-lip needle; the long accu-
pressure pins, for pinning gaping wounds
in place. all the needles for eye, head
and body-long, short, curved once,
twice or three times. Then the veterin-
airy surgeon has his case Of needles,
too. The upholsterer is 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.
The cook is not left out of this trade,
but has curious trusting needle, made
for carrying melted butter or savory
sauce right into the very heart OF n
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 or
fastens bit of fat deep in n lean piece
OF meat One Of these was invented by
a French chef. The other was made TO
meet the demands Of butchers who cook
large quantities of meat for the free
lunch restaurants, and who wish 10 sew
their meat into good shape, so that IL
will cut well.
The collar makers needle isnot unlike
the upholsterer's. The netting needle
has little branch Mt each end. and with
them goes n broad "mesh" of ivory or
polished wood The knife point hem
needle, with its broad blade, was in
vented TO suit the men at the Chicago
stock yards. The broom makers needle,
like the sailors, has to be pushed with a
steel palm. That which the millers use
has a spring eye which the heavy thread
enters when the side OF the eye is
pTtSSeu.
A novice could never guess how TO
use the needle made for sewing soles on
shoes. The glove needles are marvel
lousy fine affairs, though even the
daintiest of them have three-cornered
points. The knitting and astrachan
needles want no mention.
The needle or filling rugs has given
place TO an ingenius machine which does
four times the work. The beading nee
die is slender and long. The rag baler's
eedle has blade like leek, and is an-
other invention made in Chicago. The
weaver's pin for picking up broken
threads has an open eye in "A hook,
which catches and holds the lost thread
firmly.
The making OF a needle Is q very la
borious matter in Germany and England,
where IL is done by hand, The polishing
there requires sixty or seventy days
But in America IL has called forth some
Of the most interesting and delicate in
ventions in machinery of which this
country can boast.