Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1892 — Matches. [ARTICLE]

Matches.

A novelty in lucifer matches has just been patented by a Belgian gentleman, consisting in placing on different parts of the same match the two compositions which in ordinary safety matches are generally placed the one on the box and the other on one end of the match. In obtaining ,a light from the new match the latter is broken across the middle, and the two ends rubbed together.