A Lucky Accident

As an example ., remunerative speeialty in hardwj [f on a reeeptlve and appr. blatlve Yankee followtng Incid ni will be of interImong manufai :,aI1 oagt. eylinders wlth pipkors or stars made of cast Iron having usuaJly six ,rints, the extremes 5f whtch about an Inch apart They are also familiar to toy dealers, who sell them to ehlldren aa ,nes. The pickers, together wlth small castmgs, are put lnto th tumbllng barrels so that any partióles of sand adhering may be remov-d and a betí. r Bnlsh ?lven the oastinsrs. A laro-o anA ,„„n known New England cüncern which in addltion to.the otfcer Unes, manufactures screw wrènchea largely, formerly ased a peculiarly shaped malleable iron Ferrule with irregular openings at the .our sidea and circular openings at the two ends, welgrhlng about an ounce some of these ferrules chanced to be a part of the contents in one of the umbling barrels. When the barrel was ipened the attendant notieed, what to mm seemed almost incredible, that the Pieker with all lts prongs was inslde the ferrule, the openings of which were omparativeiy =mal!. The observant logically eoncluded that as it ïad grot !n t could be got out again The Jhenomenon was brought to the atten :ion of parties who decided to apply the .dea n a puzzle, and the result ha? oeen that tlie original manufacturera iré now making the two parts under contract, in ton lots, while the first or3er la said to have netted a profit to '.he promoters of $1.700. This Ig known n the streets as the Trilby PU2zie