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of the standards of the two poles, and fixed by the 

 screws in the standards. Next have two pieces of 

 brass spring wire, a little less than a yard and a half 

 each, and two lengths of stout narrow black ribbon, 

 each a yard and a-half ; let the edges be sewn to 

 gether, pass the spring wire through them, press the 

 ribbon tube back from the ends, draw three or four 

 coils of the spring wire out, and anneal them in a 

 spirit lamp, straighten these ends, then have ready 

 four hooks made of the same size and kind of wire as 

 the above, of this shape f^^^ w Pass the an 

 nealed part of the spring wire two or three times 

 through the ring of the hook, and return the end into 

 the hollow of the spring wire, then draw down the 

 ribbon close to the hook, pass two or three stitches 

 of stout black silk through the loop, from one side of 

 the ribbon case to the other, bind the end of the rib 

 bon case with silk, and finish all neatly, so as to leave 

 no end of wire or silk protruding. Obtain two tubes 

 of glass, each six inches long, a full half an inch 

 diameter, with a bore of a quarter of an inch ; let these 

 be ground and polished round at each end ; then have 

 two wires seven inches long, of German silver, guage 

 No. 13, these to have a ring at one end, and a male 

 screw at the other, whereon can be screwed a well- 

 polished ball of German silver, half an inch diameter. 

 The wires are to be passed through the glass tube, 



