The Monmouth inquirer., 1907-01-24
NEED or NEEDLES.

NEED or NEEDLES.
The Daily output wouHdn,t ne Lost
Even In a Haystack.
One needle Is pretty small item, but
the daily consumption of something
like 3,000.0OO needles all over the world
makes a pretty big total Every year
the women of the United States break
lose and use about S00.000,000 of these
little Instruments
Our needles are the finished product
Of American ingenuity, skill and work.
manship, and yet how many people
threading a-needle or taking a stitch
have ever given a thought to the vari-
Gus processes through which the wire
must pass ere it comes out needle2
The manufacture of a single needle In
clules some twenty-one or twenty two
different processes, as follows Cutting
the wire into lengths, Strengthening by
rub ing while heated, pointing the
ends OH ;ssss.:n:s...ttsee::sass stamping impress
sion foi the eyes. growing, eying, the
eye being pierced by screw presses
splitting. threading the double needM
by the eyes on short lengths Of int
wire; fling. removing the .cheek'rlefY
ON each SIDE OF the eye by stamping
breaking. separating the two needles
on the one length of wire; heading
heads fled and siAo3thed to remove to
bur left by stamping and breaking
hardening in oil, ehe needle being thp
made brittle; tc;rre.ing; picking, SEPT
rating those: crooked in hardening
STRENGTHENING the crooked ones, scOp
ing and polishing; bluing, sOftentA
the eyes by heat; drilling or cleanip
out the sides. of the eye;shead grindln
point setting. or the final sharPenin
fnal polishing, then papering and fms
" labelling For wrapping purple 81
per Is used because it prevents rusta1
There are many so;'ts md kinds
needles. First, there is. the surgeoi
grewsome outfit the probing need
made for tracking bullets or hiddi
cavities Of pus; the harelip need
the long pins for linning open wOunf
tho p5stmortem needle of curious b
tern. Some OF these little instrume
are thin, some are thick. Others
long and straight Others again cui
once. twice or three times. The
Urinary surgeon has, his special og
also. The cooks needles are wonS
fully, fearfully made. Ills lard
needle Is used to sew large piecas
meat together. The trusting nee
made on purpose to insert ineltcd%
ter or sauce right into the vitals 3
C1rtok %s1xI ic,sl ,r,!1, .,.,,f u
large opening, into which the ~
is poured. Nor less interesting a.5
needles which the upholsto rer
Some are half curved and $3.50
round points. He has nee Hes
curious eyes-long, round. csS
countersunk eyes, The same k:.t
needles are used by collar m;g
Then there are the delicate NJ
used by wigmakers, glovemakerA
weavers. These are often as fine
hair. The glove needles are spill
specimens of skillful workman
The finest Of them have three corr
points. The great sail needle,
has to be pushed with steel
would puzzle most people. So. II
UEVVUA1Q4ACA . kACCAASs W A4ASAA kAA-AAf
be pushed with steel palm; the
GUS knitting machine needle, wi
latchet; the arrasene and crewe
dies and the needle for shirrin
chimes, the weaver's pin for pick
broken threads, with an open eye
hook. The long instrument VI
milliners. the needle Of the rag
the knife point ham needle y
the stockyards, the astrakhan NJ
these and other varieties do not cal
special notice.. ~
The needle as we see. 1t today L.
evolved product of centuries OF II
ton. In its primitive form II was n
Of bone, ivory or wood The MAX
OF Spanish needles was introduc
into England during the reign Of Que
Elizabeth.! Point BY point the man
facture has improved until the little Y
strument Is one Of the highly finish
products of nineteenth century
chinery ana scientific America