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writer is of opinion that when better known these ties will be 

 considered an indispensable convenience for house and shop- 

 keepers, even if they are not quite so cheap as common pack- 

 thread. These remarks are not applicable to their use for heavy- 

 packages, as they would not only be too expensive, but too 

 elastic for such a purpose. 



IMPROVED HOSE TIES. 



When the tubing of which the ties, above described, are man- 

 ufactured, is made with a stay of cloth about half an inch wide, 

 running its whole length ; if, instead of being cut up by the 

 machinery into fine thread, it is cut into rings or bands from 

 one-fourth to three-fourths of an inch in width, elastics and 

 endless springs will thereby be formed with stays, by which 

 stays they may be stitched on to pocket-books, or buttoned or 

 stitched on to hose, or any other article, from which, when 

 attached, the ties need not be removed, except to wash the 

 articles. See plate , fig. . 



GIRTH SPRINGS. 



These are made of perforated stayed compound, of different 

 widths, to be inserted in girths, surcingles, &c. for the purpose of 

 giving them elasticity. See plate , fig. . 



HINGE SPRINGS, OR SPRING HINGES, 



Are made of elastic stayed compound. Their use, and the 

 method of their application, may be understood by reference to 

 the description of air and water-proof trunks and boxes, described, 

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