The Portland daily press., 1889-08-23

The large ring is inches in diameter, and
the bar is inches long. The object is TO
remove the large ring by pushing it through
the small loops. The movements are ex-
planned by means of the figures and letters
written in the diagram. The ring of the bar
is called B, the ring of the first loop is l, that
of the second loop is 2. and so on.
The large ring is folded by moving ID up
ward, SO that it falls on c. Then A is push
ed from the left to the right through !,
moved over B THAT is, b is pushed through
between the two wiresl, and drawn back
through l. Then the ring is folded the other
way and pushed through 2 and !, over u,
tSos through fe ever ali fnd ana TSe eR
through 1. over B, back through folded
the other way all Through 2 then through
/, over B, and back and the ring is off. ;,
The ring is put on thus: Fold it, push it
half length through /, over b, back through
|, fold; all through 2; through /, over b,
back; fol6, all through 8; through 2, over
B and /, through l, over b, back through l
and q through over b, back, and it is on.
When there is fourth loop, then the ring
is removed thus: Push it through |, over b,
over one and B, back through 2, through 3
and 2, over b and 1. through l, over b, back
through and 2, through /, over B, back
over and and b, back through 3, all
through 4, through 2, over b and l. through
/, over B, back through 1 and 2, through /,
over B, back, fold, all through 2, through 1,
over B, back, off.
The ring is placed on the fourth loop thus:
Fold it, push it half way through l. over B,
back, fold, all through ., through l, over B.
back, fold, all through 3, through 2, over B
aud /, through /, over B, back through and
2. through l. over B, back, fold, all through
4, through 3, over B and /, through /, over
b, back, over 2, through and l, over b,
back, over and b, back through and 3,
through 2, over b and /, through l, over b,
back through 1 and 2, through /, over b,
back, open the ring.
Things Worth Knowing.
1t is astonishing how many little bits of
practical scientific knowledge youngster
picks up when he is learning his trade, said
workman in a general repair shop recently.
"For instance" he continued, "most people
think the only way to make hole in glass
is to break it or cut it with a diamond, but
it isn't. There are two or three ways of
doing it. The neatest, to my mind, is to
warm the glass and spread 1t over with wax.
Cut the wax down to the place where you
want the hole, and drop little fuoric acid
will eat through the glass and you can shape
the hole afterwards with copper wire and
some rotten stone and oil.
1.-THE handy man in shop will make
many of his own tools. A whalebone bow
is often necessary in using a fine saw, but
many people don't know how to handle
whalebone. If it is too stiff. or unequally
stiff, it can be scraped down easily with bit
of broken glass. These bows usually have
brass hooks at the eud, but you can make
hook out of the whaleboDe itself by holding
the end in boiling oil a short time, and bend
ng it around and holding it until it is cool
steel that was too hard to cut or file easily.
Then / make a mixture that will eat the
hole. mix one ounce of sulphate of copper,
quarter of an ounce of alum, half teaspoon
full of powdered salt, gill Of vinegar and
the hole, or if it is washed off quickly it will
give beautiful frosted appearance to the
metal"
Another Puzzle.