The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-09-03

barrel OF saWdust that brightens them.
This process would no doubt dassls
the simple person who made the first
pin. That first pin, possibly, was one
OF the first things that man tried to
make. For, as soon as he began 20
wear even the most primitive garment,
he met the necessity OF holding il On ,
and something sharp TO stick into it
was the natural thing that suggested
itself. No doubt he used thorn at
hrst. But thorns were rarely Of the
proper shape and the busy human
brain was not content till it had de-
vised something better. SO il was
not long before. some ingenious cave
dwelier aroused the envy of hie less
enterprising friends by appearing with
his mantle Of skins nobly pinned to.
gether with slender, white fish bones.
Fish bones served nicely until man
began to long for beauty, probably
without kncsing it. Being simple
and direct, he coon gratiAed his desire
by personal adornments. 80 the cave
dwellers began to rub the smaller AMI
NAL bones on flint till they had ground
them into fairly good pins and skew-
ers.
From that it was only step to the
highly 0rnamented pins that have
been fonnd in the ancient lake dwell
ings of central Europe. Some Of these
had double shanks ike our modern
hairpius. Others were shaped ike
safety pins. Most OF them had deco.
rated heads.
Of course pins would not serve all
purposes, and the ancient man soon
had. to devise something that was like
pin pin md: yeI veu!9 draw . si1ew OF
other binding material through his
skin garments 80 that two pieces Of it
could be fastened together. Again
the fshboue had TO serve, and when o
cave dweller discovered that by tying
. piece Of deer sinew &c it he could
stitch his clothes together, the FIRST
sewing society OF the world was start
ed. 1t probably held its opening ses-
sion in some cave in southern France.
From fish bones and animal bones to
metal was the next great advance made
by the world. Man was still very
primitive and uncouth when he found
that he could do things with The ores
of the earth. Perhaps he got his first
idea Of it from seeing volcanic FIRE fuse
the great rocks. AZ any rate, he be-
gan to make his pins and needles out
of bronze before long.
The first needles were merely
straight, pointed pieces Of metal.
The sinew or fiber that served as
thread was tied to one end. An in
yea.ive genius improved on this one
day by making little hook in the
end to prevent the 6ber from slipping
OF, as it often did. The next man
improved that by cutting notch IN.
stead Of making the clumsy book.
Then for many ages the world did
not make any notable improvement in
needles. Folk used olumsy metal CON.
trivsnces and did not dream that they
were not good enough, until the
aooE5 entered 6pnin AZ she time OF
the great invasion Of Europe by the
grim and terrible Ssracens. The
Moors brought with them, besides
much other culture, the art OF making
dainty needles Of ateel. Gradually
the knowledge spread through Europe,
and 120 years before Columbus dis
covered America the mer of Nassm-
burg began to make then.r That was
o queer industry then, for the needle
makers were the afmoaers, too, and
the same man who beat out tiny
needle 70 be used by the delicate fin
gers Of 8 woman in embroidery and
hemming might be busy, insanother
hour forging tremendous double.
handed sword Of the kind that the old
lighters loved to WELD. q
> And. by the way, isn't it queer to
think that many Of your pretty and
'innocsns toys are made now By the
descendants Of thoss sasne old Nusem-
burg craftsmen; who sent ont the Wea-
nOnSsthat made MOI; Eurora hInndv