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Show SOME POINTS ABOUT NEEDLES. 77, Evolved Product of Centuries of Invention. Tho point of n neodlo is a very Important Im-portant part of that useful llttlo instrument, in-strument, nnd thoro are many points nbout needles calculated to interest tho gcnoral public. Tho dally consumption con-sumption of needles all over tho world ! something llko 3,000,000, whilo every year the women of tho United States break, lose nnd uso sorao 300,-000,000 300,-000,000 of thoso tiny tools. Fow pco-plo pco-plo whilo threading a nccdlo havo over given a thought to tho various processes through which tho wlro must pass before It comes out a nccdlo. Yet tho manufacturo of needles includes somo 21 different processes from cutting tho wlro and threading tho doublo needles by tho oyos to separating tho two noodles on tho ono length of wire, heading, hard' cnlng In oil, cleaning out tho sides of tho eye, point-setting, nnd final polishing. pol-ishing. For wrapping purplo paper is used, slnco It prevents rusting. Thero nro many sorts of needles, -for surgeons', sur-geons', cooks', glovomnkcrs', wcavors', sallmakcrs', broommnkcrs', milliners' and dressmakers' uso. Tho noodle is tho evolved product .of centuries of invention. In Its prltnltlvo form It was made of bono, Ivory, or wood. Point by point Its manufneturo has Improved, until this llttlo but not Insignificant In-significant instrument la now ono of tho highly-finished liroducts of twentieth twen-tieth century machinery and skill. Zlon's Hernld. |