be hulled by hand so we made a huller to take along with us to hull the berries as fast as they were picked.  We procured a box and made a frame, Fig. 1, to fit it easily, then made another frame the same size and put a piece of wire mesh between them as shown in Fig. 2, allowing a small portion of the mesh to stick out of the frames.  The top frame would keep the berries from rolling or jumping off, and the bottom frame kept the wire mesh and frame from being shaken off the box.  The projecting edges of the mesh would keep the frame on the top edge of the box.  The top view of the frame is shown in Fig. 1 and the end in Fig. 5, and the box on which the frame rests in Fig. 3.  The actual size of the wire mesh used is shown in Fig. 4.  One person could hull with this huller as many berries as two persons would pick.  —­Contributed by Albert Niemann, Pittsburg, Pa.

** How to Make a Bulb on a Glass Tube [324]

As a great many persons during the winter months are taking advantage of the long evenings to experiment in one way or another, the following method of forming bulbs on glass tubes may be of interest.  A common method is to heat the part to be formed and by blowing in one end of the tube gradually expand the glass.  This way has its drawbacks, as many are not sufficiently familiar with the work to blow a uniform blast, and the result is, a hole is blown through the side of the tube by uneven heating or blowing.

A good way to handle this work, is to take the tube and 1 or 2 in. more in length than the finished article is to be and place one end over an alcohol flame, and by holding a spare piece of tubing against the end allow them both to come to a melting heat, then pull apart and instead of breaking off the long thread thus formed, simply hold it in the flame at an angle of 45 deg. and melt it down and close the end at the same time.  Close the other end with the same operation; this makes the tube airtight.

Gradually heat the tube at the point where the bulb is to be formed, slowly turning the tube to get a uniform heat.  The air inside of the tube becoming heated will expand, and the glass, being softer where the flame has been applied, will be pushed out in the shape of a bulb.  A great deal of care should be taken not to go to extremes, as the bulb will burst with a loud report if the heat is applied too long.  The best results are obtained by heating the glass slowly and then the bulb can be formed with regularity.  This is an easy way to make a thermometer tube.  After the bulb is formed, the other end of the tube can be opened by heating, drawing out and breaking the thread like glass.  —­Contributed by A. Oswald.

** How to Make a Sconce [325]

A sconce is a candlestick holder, so made that it has a reflector of brass or copper and is to hang upon the wall.  The tools necessary are a riveting hammer, file, metal shears, rivet punch, flat and round-nosed pliers, screwdriver and sheet brass or copper No. 23 gauge.