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Show EASY TO 8HARPEN PENCIU Simple Contrivance of Englishman Does Work Well. As simple- as It seems, tho task of properly sharpening a pencil la by no means a universally understood ono. Fow persons who hnvo not given tlmo nnd pains to tho matter can really acompllsh this In a perfect manner. An Englishman has patented patent-ed in his own country and moro lately in this land, n unique contrlvnnco winch should render tho sharpening process extremely simple But nn American hns gono him ono better and by applying practically tho samo prlnciplo with tno addition of an entirely en-tirely new Idea hopes to solvo onco and for all tho whole problom of sharpening ponclls, bo they hard or soft, long or short. Tho abovo Illustration Illus-tration shows tho operation of tho affair. Tho pencil Is Inserted into a shank, which allows tho to-bo-sharp-od ond to protrudo on an inclined piano, taporlng from tho oxposod lead to tho periphery of tho wooden casing at such an angle as will best servo tho needs of tho user. An ordinary knlfo Is then used to shnvo off wood and lead along tho plane. Tho c'-ips and load dust fall in a receptaclo which insures a tidy performance of tho sharpening proces3. |