. Hardware merchandising January-June 1900. betterthan any other style. Theprice is such as to permitof a good profit, and itsbeing original should in-fluence every up to datedealer to puichase sample order CATALOGUES, BOOKLETS, ETC. CORNICE WORK MANUAL The revolution in building which has ledto so general a substitution of metal forwood makes it almost necessary that themetal worker should extend in every wayhis knowledge of the various details of theconstruction of buildings. For this reason, The Cornice WorkManual, which has been issued by TheAmerican Artisan, 69 Dearborn street,Chicago, sh
. Hardware merchandising January-June 1900. betterthan any other style. Theprice is such as to permitof a good profit, and itsbeing original should in-fluence every up to datedealer to puichase sample order CATALOGUES, BOOKLETS, ETC. CORNICE WORK MANUAL The revolution in building which has ledto so general a substitution of metal forwood makes it almost necessary that themetal worker should extend in every wayhis knowledge of the various details of theconstruction of buildings. For this reason, The Cornice WorkManual, which has been issued by TheAmerican Artisan, 69 Dearborn street,Chicago, should be secured and carefully studied by readers of Hardware andMetal, who are interested in such book deals exhaustively with thevarious stages of cornice constructing,showing everything from the making of acutters bench and the management ofropes and hoisting tackle, to the develop-ment of details and patterns of turrets. Itis thoroughly practical, yet is written in solucid a style that any mechanic may readilyunderstand THE KNIFE USED BY THE SECONDCONTINGENT. THE London representative of Hardware and Metal writes : I havejust returned from a visit to Sheffield,in the course of which I had several pleasantinterviews with friends of Hardware andMetal, of whom there are not a few in thatcity. While at the ■ Eye Witness works(Needham, Veall & Tyzack, Limited), Iwas made the recipient of one of the com-bined pocket knives and forks which, thanksto the generosity of the manufacturers, themembers of the second Canadian contingentare now using in South Africa. At firstglance, this ingenious little utensil appearsto be an ordinary pocket knife, with nickel-plated handle instead of the usual bone orhorn. Upon examination, however, one findsthat its second blade is a three pronged fork,which, when half-opened, causes the handleto divide down the centre, making twoseparate articles, knife and fork, each aboutseven inches in length. To unite thesewhen not in use, the
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