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either too hot or at the point of congealing. These 

 conditions alternated in a most annoying way in the 

 course of a day's work. There has now been devised 

 an apparatus consisting of a deep cup which is sunk 

 into the globe of a lantern. Alcohol instead of oil 

 is used for the flame. Alcohol burns without smoke 

 and the wick may be turned up or down in such a 

 way as to keep the melted wax at exactly the tem- 

 perature desired on cold days, hot days, and windy 

 days. Two or three ounces of alcohol fuel suffice 

 for a day's work with one melter. The handle of 

 the melter allows it to be hung on neighboring 

 branches of a tree when we are top-working. A 

 railroad lantern model is employed and the metal 

 ribs prevent damage from breaking of the globe. 

 Its broad base allows it to stand upon uneven 

 ground. The name Merribrooke Melter has been 

 given to this transformed lantern. It is manufac- 

 tured by the Armspear Manufacturing Company, 

 and may be obtained from the distributors, Tyson 

 Brothers, Flora Dale, Pennsylvania. (Fig. 29.) 



The Devoe and Raynolds Company of New York, 

 make the "H. H. Grafting Brush No. 2" especially 

 for paraffin work. 



A number of paraffins of varying degrees of hard- 

 ness may be obtained in the market, but the common 

 and cheap form known as "parowax," used by house- 

 wives and found in grocery stores, will answer prac- 

 tically all of our purposes in northern temperate lati- 

 tudes. Very likely some of the harder paraffins with 

 higher melting point may be required for work 



