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Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-01-21
THE BATTLE OF MONTEREY.
The Assault Upon the Capital OF New
Leon, and Its Capture

The Assault Upon the Capital Of New
Leon, and Its Capture.
Inter Ocean.l
In May, 1885, Gen. Taylor had crossed the
Rio Gfande and taken possession Of the city
of Matamoras There he remained until
September, when, having re enforced, the
main division of the army, ufider Gen.
Worth, marched toward Monterey. That
city, the capital OF New Leon, was a strongly
fortified place, and then defended by Gen
Ampudia with about 3 900 Mexican troops.
The city had been very thoroughly barri-
caded, in expectation of an attack, from the
Americans, both without and within. Strong
forts with cannon commanded the roads
leading into the town, aud on the fat roofs
of the houses were parapets of sand bags to
protect the soldiery.
The first assault was made by the Americans
Sept 81, on the eastern side of the city,
where, after a terrible struggle, in which
many Americans were killed, the troops UNI
der Gen. Quitman captured one Of the forts
and turned its guns against the city. On
the following day Gen. Worths division cap
tured the Notifications overlooking the
Saltillo road, to the northwest of the city.
The loss was felt by Gen. Ampudia to be
such a serious one that he drew the main
body cf his army from the eastern part Of
the city to attempt TO recover It, but they
were met with such fierce resistance by the
Americans that they rapidly reiterated and
intrenched themselves on the Grand Plaza,
OF great square Of the town.
On Sept. 80 the American army forced It's
way into the city, Gen. Taylor entering
from the east and Gen Worth from the
west Four companies in Worth's division
were armed with pick axes and crow.
bars. The Mexicans, from doors and
windows, and from the barricades ON the
housetops, met them with sweeping fire,
but it was too late to check the determined
assailants They, too, sought the cellar Of
the houses and while the rifle companies in
the rear returned tue fire of the Mexicans,
the pickax brigade cut its advance through
the stone walls toward the heart of the city
1t is not probable that there was any one at
hand TO check them in this proceeding, for
any resistance meant death, and the fright
ened inhabitants were doubtless hiding any
wherelthsy could hope for safety.
General Ampulia, "a Sept %, had begged
permission to remove the women aud chill
dren from the city before assault, but Gen.
Taylor refused to allow him to do so-an act
which casts dark stain on the otherwise
fair fame of this gallant soldier. As the
way was cut through the walls the Mexicans
retreated before the advancing enemy, but
when the Grand Plaza was reached they
made a last but vain effort to hold its guns.
The sun set that night on conquered city
and on the following morning Gen. Ampudia
surrendered, Internationally. The casualties
on the American side were said to be not
more than 500 in killed and wounded, but
the loss ON the other side. though never
exactly reported, was known to be much
greater.
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T. S. sOUTHWICK, Secretary.
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A Good Moral.
philadelphia CALI

IIIIIHUUIpITIIF
With wheat so plentiful that western
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The nuptial kiss In the church was
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-08-14
MOROCCO LEATHER.
Tho Peculiar Method of Tanning EN-
ployed in Its Manufacture.


Tho Peculiar Method of Tanning EN-
ployed In Its Manufacture.
Goatskins tanned with vegetable
substances, especially with sumach,
and dyed upon the grain side, are
known as morocco leather.
The manufacture of morocco was
known to the Egyptians. For a long
time this peculiar method of tanning
was not known outside of the Levant,
and up to the middle of the last cen
tury all the morocco leather used in
Europe was imported from there.
Granger, who lived for some time in
the Levant, succeeded in discovering
the secret, and the accounts he pub
lished, no doubt. led to the establish
ment of the first morocco leather tan
merry in Paris in the middle of the last
century, from whence the manufacture
spread over the different European
countries and America. The manu-
facture of morocco leather comprises
both the tanning and the dyeing of the
leather, and the more careful the first
is done the more beautiful the colors
will be. The dried skins are first i'm
mersed in water for shirt time, and
after this in bran bath, in order to ac-
CELEBRATE their softening. After thorough
softening they are placed in solutions
of lime increasing in strength from the
first to the last. until the hair can be
removed. After depillation the greatest
care must be had to remove
the skins from the lime, as
otherwise the latter would ex-
ert an extremely injurious influence
upon the beauty and uniformity of the
color. After thorough rinsing the skins
are worked several times upon the
grain-side under the stretcher rpressed
to remove the fluid and lime. and are
then fulled with constant admission
of fresh water for one-half to one hour.
To remove the last traces Of lime. the
skins are bated with dogs, pigeons or
hens dung and then placed in bran
drench. The skins thus prepared are
generally tanned in sumach liquor.
This is done in Germany either by
passing the skins under constant motion
through baths increasing in strength,
or they are sewed into bag form, which
is filled with solution of sumach and
placed in vat containing weak liquor
of Sumach. In the watts, which are about
twelve feet in diameter, the bags are
kept in constant agitation by stirring
apparatus. Generally four watts filled
with liquor of sumach of varying
strength are used. The bags are first
placed in the weakest bath, whore they
remain four hours, while in the other
they remain only sufficiently long
to convert the skins into leather
intwenty-tour hours. The bags
must also be frequently united
and rinsed in watts filled with de-
coction of sumach, or with sumach and
warm water, Tanning is then finished
by fulling and constant agitation. In
the United States the skins, after being
sewed into bag form, are tanned by
forcing the smuach liquor through the
pores of the skins under gentle pres
sure. In modern times morocco leather
is generally dyed with aniline colors. -
Chicago Shoe and Leather ReUiel0.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-08-14
GRANDPARENTS WATCH.

Grandfather's watch is battered and old,
Innocent quite of Jewel or gold;
Poor and common, and worn and cracked,
Much like grandfather's self, in fact.
Yet its wheeZy voice has n cheerful sound,
And the child as she listens in wonder bound
To its mystic tales of departed time
Is smiling as though at a pleasant rhyme.
What are the tales the old watch tells2
OF seventy years it counts the knels;
Years whose every setting sun
Was marked by labor faithfully done.
With primitive form and clumsy skill,
And clumsier help when the works went i'll,
Yet serving their time as best they can
This is the story of the watch and mani
Many fall has the old watch hushed,
Many blow has the old man crushed.
Meddled with, tnkered and sorely tried,
At last rejected and thrown aside
For modern rivals, all science and gold,
Useless and crippled, despised and old,
Under n cloud and under ban
This is the story of watch and man.
But there's reverse to the picture sad; !
Human hearts they can still make glad,
The watch in its denied silver case
Can bring smile to the fair child's face.
The mans all battered and silvery, too,
With q moral can cheer both me and you,
''Mark our time MS well as we cam
This is the lesson of watch and man.
Atlanta Constitution.
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tains. So we .tarted out alone and
wandered about until the afternoon of
the fourth day from the Santee camp
in that binding storm, without any
thing to eat or any rest for ourselves
and horses. when the sun came out
long enough for us to get our bearings
and sight the valley of Milk river in the
dim distance. We had not dared to
make fire, from fear of hostile Indians.
but by dark of that night we had reached
the river and decided to take the chances
of picketing our horses and building
fire.
''We were hungry and CHI lied to the
marrow. So, after providing for our
horses, we pulled up lot of logs and
made blazing campfire, the light
from which shed its luster for miles
around, creating weird reflection in
the sky. Jack was SO overcome that
it was agreed that he should sleep the
fore part of the night. He had hard ly
laid down and pulled his blanket over
his person until he was as still as one
dead. l was lying there before the
fire in doze, when | heard slight
scratching. looked up and saw a
pair of glaring eyes set upon me. |
was dazed at first and felt that could
not move muscle. | studied the out
lines of the figure back of the blazing
eyes and recognized the strange in
truder to be monstrous mountain
lion crouching, ready for a deadly
spring, directly over me. The beast
was spread at full length on limb,
every muscle ready for action, every
nerve strung at its utmost tension, his
tusks cleaning behind his red lips, his
long claws clutching convulsively.
Finally, fully aroused, l reached for
my Winchester rifle, the barrel of
which was lying within reach
of my extended arm. Bringing
it quickly to my shoulder and
taking hasty aim while in
a PROSTATE position l pulled the trig-
ger. With a wild shrek, 50 human in
its agony that it yet rings in my ears
like the dying groan of fellow- being,
the brute fell headlong before the fire,
his long tail brushing my face in the
descent. was all of tremor when I
shook Jack, whose dead sleep had not
p00H ihIOll uPlSu ny IhV lCPoI1' AlO
finally got up and, taking in the peril
of our situation, fell prone upon the
ground in faint. This was about ten
o'clock at night, but wekept our lonely
vigil until daylight, when we discov-
cred to our infinite relief that we were
within mile of French Louis, a breed
trader, better known as The Cross,
from a cruciiiX that was planted there
on the site of a Catholic mission which
hadlbeen built by the Hudson Bay
traders and burned by the hostiles after
the good old missionary had been muir
dered. At 'Frenchy's' we got the best
breakfast | ever ate and after securing
relay Of horses we moved on to Bel
KNAPP and returned to Fort Benton.
We carried the hide of the mountain
lion with us and afterward had it
stuffed. That was a cold night away
up in Montana and it makes me shud-
der to think of it. - Philadelphia Times.
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TEMPERANCE.
TEN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

One little Temperance boy,
To this work was true,
Pledged another little boy
Then there were two.
Two little Temperance boys,
From bad habits free,
, Got another boy to Join
And then there were three.
Three little Temperance boys,
Never drank c. swore,
Taught bow he must not smoke
Then there were four.
Four little Temperance boys,
To our work alive,
Helped another boy be good
Then there were five.
Five little Temperance boys,
Eyes so very bright,
Soon started number six
On the road TO right. -
Six little Temperance boys, $50
Looking up to Heaven,
Cheered Il playmate on the way
Then there were seven.
Seven little Temperance boys,
All rum they hate,
Told fellow Of the wrong
Then there were eight.
Eight little Temperance boys,
Touch not taste not, wine,
Asked school-mate not to drink
Then there were nine.
Nine little Temperance BOYS,
Learned the truth, and then
Told it to another boy,
So there were ten.
Ten little Temperance boys, "a
Worked hand in hand
To drive strong drink away
From our native land.
Ask you all to help them. i
Work with all your might,
Never fear nor falter.
God is with the right.
Ida ~ Burton, in Outlook