6395. To Fasten Loose Window Sashes

6395.      To Fasten Loose Window Sashes. The most convenient way to prevent loose window sashes from rattling unpleasantly when the wind blows is to make bur one-sided buttons of wood, and screw them to the beading which is nailed to the casings of the window, making each button of proper length to press the side of the sash outwards when the end of the button is turned down horizontally. The buttons operate like a cam. By having them of the correct length to crowd the stiles of the sash outwards against the outer stop of the window frame, the sash will not only be held so firmly that it cannot rattle, but the crack which admitted dust and a current of cold air will be closed so tightly that no window strips will be required. The buttons should be placed about half way between the upper and lower end of each sash.

6396. To Detect a Counterfeit Bank of England Note

6396. To Detect a Counterfeit Bank of England Note. The Bank of England possesses no security which may not be known by any person who will make himself acquainted with the following characteristics of the paper, the plate printing and the type print-ing of the note. The paper is distinguished: By its peculiar color, such as is neither sold in the stores nor used for any other purpose. By its thinness and transparency, qualities which prevent any portion of the printing on the note being washed or scratched out without a hole being made. By its characteristic feel, which consists of a singular crispness and toughness, owing to the fact that the bank paper is made from new linen and cotton, not from rags. By the peculiar wire-mark or water-mark, which can only be produced when the paper is in a state of pulp; consequently the forger must procure a mould, and make his own paper, both requiring the skill of such first-rate artisans as are not likely to be met with in the haunts of crime. By the three deckle or rough edges. These edges are produced when the paper is in pulp; two notes being placed in the mould, and divided lengthways, hence the top and bottom, or long edges, are both rough. The deckle is tho raw edge of the paper, and cannot be imitated by cutting. By the strength of the paper - a bank note will lift a hundred weight if carefully adjusted. The printing is of two kinds, type and plate; the paper is moistened by water driven through its pores by the pressure of the atmosphere ; 30,000 double notes are thus moistened in the space of an hour. The ink used is made at the bank, from linseed oil and the charred husks and vines of Rhenish grapes; this gives a peculiar velvety black to the mark in the left-hand corner of the note. The notes are numbered by a machine which cannot err; and, lastly, are authorized by the signature of the clerk. The bank notes are printed on the side of the paper which receives the water mark, so that, if the paper be split, the unprinted surface only retains the slightest trace of that mark.