. Hardware merchandising January-June 1900. ants, or whowish to buy British goods on the best possibleterms, or who are willing to become agents forBritish manufacturers, are invited to send partic-ulars of their requirements for FREE INSERTIONin Commercial Intelligence, to the Editor SELLS COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,168 Fleet Street, London, England. Commercial Intelligence circulates all overthe United Kingdom amongst the best firms. Firmscommunicating should give reference as to bonafides. —A free specimen copy will be sent on re-ceipt of a post card. 24 CANADIAN HARDWARE AND METAL A USEFU
. Hardware merchandising January-June 1900. ants, or whowish to buy British goods on the best possibleterms, or who are willing to become agents forBritish manufacturers, are invited to send partic-ulars of their requirements for FREE INSERTIONin Commercial Intelligence, to the Editor SELLS COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,168 Fleet Street, London, England. Commercial Intelligence circulates all overthe United Kingdom amongst the best firms. Firmscommunicating should give reference as to bonafides. —A free specimen copy will be sent on re-ceipt of a post card. 24 CANADIAN HARDWARE AND METAL A USEFUL KITCHEN TOOL. A MACHINE that will be readilywelcomed by Canadian housekeep-ers isthe Sterling sheer,manufac-tured by N. R. Streeter & Co., Rochester, This machine will slice any fruit orvegetable, from the size of string beans tothat of turnips or pineapples, deliver-ing in thickness from [that of a cardto yz in. It will cut potatoes for Frenchfried by recutting/furnish the most evenslices for SaratogjjcrJ^s, v^ cut up There is no waste ; the last slice is just thesame thickness as the first. It will makethe finest of cold slaw, and can be used forsmall amounts of kraut. Each rotation of the disc makes two cuts,and the food drops into the plate or pan atthe foot. The point of equal thickness is a very important one, for, if one slice isthick, and one thin, you will not get evencooking, or even color in the cooking. Theadjustment for making the slices thick orthin is very simple. The blade of the slicer is of temperedknife-steel, and is so protected that only bygross carelessness can the operator cut him-self. A pusher is provided to feed thearticle to be cut, but, at the start, for a longcucumber, it can be thrown back out of theway, but still remain attached to the ma-chine. The slicer clamps securely to thetable, and a turn of a thumbscrew allowsthe disc and knife to separate from eachother and from the body, for washing orbrushing. In every respect the mach
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