Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-08
MARYLAND POLITICS.
Who WIN Figure At the Polls In Fred
erfck County.

Who VIII Figure at the Polls In Fred
erick County.
Correspondence Of TEE Evrxns stan
FREpERIcK, Nh, Aug. z.
Political matters in this county are narrow
ing down 10 the point where il becomes an easy
matter 10 place ones finger on the very men
who win figure most prominently in the fight
at the polls and whose aspirations are matter
Of public comment 1t is an interesting fact
that Frederick county people take great deal
more interest in the election Of county CON-
missioner ticket than they do in the election Of
a President Of the United States. The contests
for places in the board this fall will be q lively
one. Frederick people are somewhat deter
mined that Frederick shallb represented, and
have named on the republican side Col d. c.
Winebrener and Joseph Cronin, two Of the
most prominent residents here. In the demo-
cratic ring here, no names have been men,
toned for the county commissioners ticket,
but II is said that the democrats are confident
OF the outcome Of the fight placing their hope
to win in the strength of the factional fights in
the republican ranks and in what they regard
as serious blunder in the matter OF appoint
ments. The only name in this county that has
yet been mentioned fer a state Office Is Col.
Baughman himself, who will try the state con-
trollership for another term il he cannot get TO
be governor. 1t is quite well known that he
has an especial longing in his bosom for the
governorship, for in these daysit is such an easy
and natural step from governorship to q
United States Senatorship. There will be lots
Of candidates on both tickets for the House this
time. On the republican side the only names
SO far mentioned are those OF John NJ. Markell
and h. H. Rouzer. The democrats think they
have a supply of excellent timber in II. JEFF
Kaise, H. Dorsey Etchison, VIM. wilcoxon and
Noah E. Cramer.
Mr.. Geo. B. Heineka Of Washington, is the
guest Of Mr.. Geo. Houck. at Harmony Grove,
this county.-Mrs. w. II. Lowdermilk of
Washington, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. A.
j. Gill, this city.-Dr. and Mrs. VIM. ID.
Brace of Georgetown, have returned home
| after pleasant visit here.--Mr. Daniel Bat
son of Washington is visiting friends and rela-
tives in this city. FIN.
How "Bone'' Buttons are Made.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.
From human bones? No. From ivory2 No.
From bone of dog or cattle? No. The other
day (writes a correspondent ] happened to
call on Mr.. Church, who is the master Of q
small button factory in Birmingham, and was
greatly interested in seeing tailor's bone but
ton made, just such one as you would find on
your ulster or a tweed coat 1t was a queer
little factory. made out of two or three cot
tages rolled into one. First of all, / was intro
floor of a dark and dingy little workshop, in
which solitary workman was standing at his
bench. There" said MIR. Church, pointing to
what L took to be potatoes, there you see
what we call vegetable ivory. 1t comes from
Sc south tn, America, and grows in clusters
state Of the button" We then went
up to the workman who was cutting up the kerr
nels OF the nuts at swiftly revolving circular
saw, an operation requiring great deHterlty,
| for slip might cost him finger. This is the
| first process. The kernel is easily extracted,
the shell in which it is inclosed being very thin
and fragile. Although the kernel is nut it
would take very strong pair of jaws to crack
| 1t and the teeth cannot touch il. The little
white slabs which are cut out by the saws are
taken TO the next department. where the but
! ton Is really formed in the series of lathes
| through which it is passed. The toolmaker,
whose Office is very important, works at one
end of the room. The first lathe cuts out the
button with the desired circumference. regu-
| lated by series of gauges, the work being
passed on to others for the rim, and so on.
Two women were drilling the four holes of the
| buttons, this being done by taking up each one
| and subjecting it to the action of the four
pronged horizontal drills, doing their work
with remarkable deftuess and rapidly. The
button, so far as Its form goes, Is finished. Ii
now remains to do the polishing and dyeing.
In another room are half q dozen hexagonal
| boxes revolving in an atmosphere Of dust. They
contain the buttons which are now being
| polished by the action Of some hard powder,
| which is placed with them in the boxes. There
is a secret in every trade. and i fancy that the
contents of the mixture with which the buttons
| are eventually stained are not divulged to the
world. Down below was taken into another
room, in which there were scores of tins con-
tanning dyes and many buckets holding chem
ical solutions. When the buttons are ready for
receiving the dye they are placed on a tin tray,
holding, / think, a gross. The dye is then
blown onto them by spray, which causes the
liquid to fall very naturally. The trays are
then put into a gas-heated oven, and the but
tons are afterward put on the cards ready
for the market Such is the interesting history
of bone button, one of the many wonders Of
Birmingham, that town OF magicians.