The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-02
Prentics's Latest Invention In
Button Fasteners.
TRIBUTE 70 Mr.. NICHOLSON.
ION Age on the Death of the Head OF
the Nicholson File Manufactory-
now Poor Inventors Are swindied-
min Notes and General Gossip.

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Invented an improved button fastener
xh.ch is believed to have many advan-
|ares over that now generally in use. In
|wo-prong button fas eners it has been
lie practice to provide each with head
)r an arch having a single loop adapted
u receive eye. shank buttons. Sometimes
& is necessary to change the position OF
|ho buttons. This can be effected by nrst
the fastener and then in-
|erting another, combined with button.
An objection to the use OF staple fasteners
3 that they are non-adjustable and can
hot be reused after having been forcibly
Fithdrawn.
The Improved fastener has its head or
|rch part SO arranged that when In use
hpon the application OF pressure the con-
hected button may be readily changed
|rom loop TO loop. as desired without re-
noving the fastener. The Improved
listener has two downwardly extending
brongs. and the upper part uniting the
5rongs Is bent so as TO to;m two or more
loops. To change the position of the but
lon il IL forced sidewise, the button eye
snesing between the leather and the con-
HQuous part of the arch, which yield
Nightly.
To prevent the enlarging OF button
koles BY wear, Mr.. Preatice has designed
stay said TO have the merit of flexibil-
~. This object is attained by inserting
IA pronqs OF curved-headed metallic
|tnple through the material at the end OF
Ind at substantially right angles with
he buttonhole sit, and clinching the
brongs on the opposite side. IL prevents
|training or bearing. aud the hole Is made
|Eronger at the enlarged end, the point OF
|roatsst pressure.
A Deserved Tribute.
commenting on the death of Mr.. Will
km T. Nicholson, president of the Mich
1non File company, the Iron Age says:
The lapse of time with success achieved
|rcught no change In the labors OF Mr..
Nicholson, and the closing week OF his
lee found him earnestly working for the
|nccess of the corporation which he has
Is conspicuously served. His death has
rived to deve.op and bring into promi-
|,nos many emphatic expressions of es-
I'm from persons in the trade who by
hony years of contact with Mr.. Nichol-
Ia are recognized as qualified to judge.
Ehese expressions evidence the high re-
nrs ia which he was held personally and
a ! business man. Reserved in making
kIedwes. he was sure to redeem any
knarant tee thus given. Buyers with
Shom he had relations felt free to antici-
nte their wants. knowing by
|xperience that any inequalities
shich might arise in sea-
|on's trade would be cheerfully adjusted
4 satisfactory basis without dispute
|< controversy. Genial and affable, he
vns always cor daily welcomed by those
Tho had the pleasure of knowing him
,ho eagerly sought for his views on the
|rominent questions Of the time, in re-
|nrd to which he was especially well
sted. He was permitted to attain TO
|nccess which is within the reach OF COM
few, and his career marks an
|ooch In the manufacturing methods OF
|ho line with which his activity was iden-
|Ifled. IL is pleasant to record how we'll
)sserved was the ample measure Of sue
|oss thar he achieved, based as it was
1pon industry, perseverance, enterprise.
|b:lity and character. He will long be
|6membered by the trade as capable,
|horough. painstaking and absolutely
man OF sterling integrity,
sagacity and unauestioned
kUrth.
How Inventors are swindled.
Perhaps the meanest Of all swindlers
kre those who prey on poor inventors.
They look over the Gazette issued by the
bntent Office. every week, aud get the
ksmcs Of those to whom patents have been
towly granted. Then they write to each
bne. saying. "We see that you have got
good thug. We know certain parties
Who will put 1t on the market, supplying
kAe necessary capital. Send $50 to cover
|he cost OF negotiations" The inventor
Derhaps borrows the money aud forwards
|y by mail. Subsequently he is Informed
HAT e.5 more will be required. and In this
|vky he Is worked until nothing more can
~ got out Of him.
High speei on n Railroad.
Engine No. 225 OF the Pennsylvania
how class u, with sS-inch wheels, did
home fue running few days ago, having
koached the speed OF % miles per hour,
Ind averaged over 81 miles per hour for
beveral miles 1t also ran 65.2 miles Qn-
t.uding six slow-ups) la 62 75 minutes,
knd from standstill at By View IL ran
10 Chases. 1l.4 miles, in minutes and
"a seconds.
General Mill Notes.
G. B. Cottrell g. Sons company OF
Vesterly, printing press ma uiacturers.
but on fifteen men Wednesday who had
bcen laid of some time previous. Tue
[rn consider the outlook slightly more
aud IL the orders Increase
more men will be put on, maintaining
Me short hours until all the men are
|Hiven chance.
The William Clark Co. OF Westerly is
full time with three fourths OF
Ioll quota Of help. The sale OF thread
nnd yarn keeps about the same relative
|DSoportion To other articles.
The RLole Island Granite Co. OF West
,Ely Ii running less than half as larse a
|@orce AZ In the summer. Tue granite trade
- later than other trades "a feeling a
|ousiness depression and also n slower In
Dcovering from one.
AZ present the regular force OF the Gre.
Md mills, Westerly. are working two
&ird time. forty hours
Mr.. Arnold, treasurer Of the Rumforl
chsmical Works OF this city, has received
notice from the Worlds fair OF the ava d
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