The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-01-19
BRUSHES OFF BRISTLES.
How They Are Manufactured by
Hand and Machine.

tft0le- Dria if,ut reporter. F" / WORKED Tour
years before / resolved a cent OF pay. Now.
a boy begins and thinks it hard if he can not
get u nllu's wages at the first, and in a few
months he thinks he knows all there is. But
about brushes
Then he wcnt on to tell that there were
two kinds - machine aud handmade.
Brush,s from Eastern houses were mostly
nachnc-madc. but he turned out nothing
but ir.od-work. Beyond this classification
there were also sample and compound
brushes. The former have but one tuft,
such as those used BY painters, aud are
made principally of the hair of camels, bad
gers or goats. With this kind he has moth.
ing to Do, only making those for which
bristles are required, which are fixed in
the brushes back by being what is techni-
cally called "drawn." The brusb-maker's
wife, an expert in the work, gave u demon
stralion OF the process.
The back OF what was to be horse. brush
when finished was taken. 1t was full of
small holes In the bench was a large pin,
around which was wound fine wire OF cop
per and tin, made expressly for the pur-
pose, this beng more tenacious than copper
alone. A loop in the wire was passed
through u hole in the brush back, and a
pinch of bristles put in the loop that was
then drawn back through the hole. doubling
the bristles as it went The bristles were
not pulled clear through, bur there were
enough to fit tightly in the hole The
wine was pulled snug by the pur.
chase on the pin around which if was
coiled, and, the operation being repeated
with each hole, there was a complete and
unbrolicu network of wire holding the
bristles in place when all was done. AS
each row of bristles was secnred il vas
cut to the desired length with large pair
OF bench shears. There only remained, then,
for second back and handle to be scwed
on, and the brush was ready for boxing.
The woman chatted merrily, as her hands
new ut their task. The bristles were ar.
ranged in box OF tue right width to let
them lie across, all the butts Z" being one
way. She held bunch in her right hand
in addition to grasping the brush back with
the first two fingers and thumb, and took
the pinch for the loop of wire with the left
hand. Practice had made her perfect, and
her rapidity was wonderful
"A brush like this said she, her words
Keeping time with her, hands as thcy
flashed back and forth, "has four hundred
ana thirteen holes and can draw them in
an hour. | can tell by the feeling almost
TO single bristle whether have picked I'D
the right quantity. This drawing is the
French way. You see double the bristle
SO that the heavy end is saved, the top, or
iight end, being cut of. The American
way IS to put the bristles in any way, with
out regard to which is the top or the butt.
men, when they are trimmed, there are
TWO cut ends and so much more danger OF
splttlng. They would not allow that in
'ench shop"
vi the bristles for good brushes we're
It. to be imported. Those for clothes.
r, horse and other brushes come from
oissia, and tinc white bristles for shaving
ana varnish brushes from France. Amer
eah oflstles are too short and soft to be of
any use except for cheap brushes. aud il Is
customary to mix split whaleboue with
thehi RUSSIAN bristles cost sl.95 to ESQ
pr pound ana fl,ooO worth OF the best
Tha A. paohea ~ common hour barrel
no Ancr'c"h nog IS not the right kind to
set good brush bristle from. He is killed
Wv young ior one thlhg, 1t was asserted
In nussla the hogs are allowed to grow old
'a'u ois' ana their longest brstlcs will meas
ure mches' The difference in wages paid
orusii.nlaRers in France and America was
Drought up Er at e
Inc pest work. said the Market street
manufacturer, is the toothbrush. We
aon. make them and they are not made in
america because 1t don't pay. In France
glris draw them at : cents for Loo holes,
anu o'Voo or .ooo draws is good days
work ! pay ~ cents per 1000 draws for
morse brushes, and have had girls earn 50
week. Girls are peculiar. though. had
one giri lately who had no trouble in earn
ing - week, but all of a sudden she
dropped 70 ~ When asked her what the
trouble was she turned up her nose and
sald she didn't have to work any more, she
was gong TO get married."
In making tooth-brushes the bristles are