Show MATCHES TIMES a Light With Flint and Steel a Tedious Process ChIcago Chronicle Few persons living today when the tinder box was a necessity But these few the only ones who thoroughly a the convenience of matches With the old of a linde box one sometimes obtained a light In than two minutes but if the eon were on might spend a half hour or more before get getting ting from the reluctant box the spark which would kindle the lire TIme process sounds Time lid of the box tens and a bait of candle stuck In the socket Next the flint steel matches anti weli taken from the box one being drawn front the bundle and laid for immediate use Tue of the steel was firmly In the left lefthand hand and the flint held in between the thumb anti forefinger of the right hand Nine Incites Was proper distance between the steel and the tinder This wa measured rough l in the dark by placing the tip of the little finger on the the box the band upward and log the bottom of the steel on the tip of the thumb The hut was themi sharply with time steel several times obliquely and The Impact caused time steel to give off sparks really minute globules of metal at a of soy oral thousand degrees and these fall log upon the tinder set it alight The box was then taken in the hands and gently bloWn to cause the smoldering tInder to glow more and to thIs glow the point of ofa a sulphur match was quickly applied Time flame of the burning sulphur quickly the wood of tue match and it was then easy to lIght the candle ot lire Although the process hot tutu cult for an expert tinder favorable it was at best slow anti tedious One might strike modern one hI iii hess time The flint used in thit vas such as might be i Ut In any flint All that eta 1 necessary was that it I so that it could be i ld easily be between tween tIme fingers and should hav sharp clear edges were corn corni i moldy sold iii the streets of for a anti are tili manufactured itt England for export to SpaIn Italy the East rime match used was not like those of today ignite Originally a match was any sub which burned readily and slowly Time bIt of rope steeped In a solution of saltpeter which the ancient gunner carrIed in order to discharge lila ar was a It at the of about three feet In ami moe The old sulphur match was In Intended tended to but to convey fire In London were corn sold by the and ragged class of street merchants who lived In dirty lodgings in the db they time matches carrying them about In a basket for sale Few houses with any pretension at least omme call a day from those as long as the trade basted The groat was to find dry tinder Naturally It was very ready to absorb moisture when allowed to become damp the dIfficulty of oh tabling a bight In the was great To avoid this trouble the timi box was usually kept itt a special by dry place Often there was a small niche oil in the brick brickwork work at time back of the large open hearth place Often time box w placed Iii time evening on time hearth close to time fire and at bedtime as upstairs anti dry and placed beneath pillow |